Bionic Mechanical Structures of Rescue Robots in Complex Disaster Environments

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10.2991/978-94-6239-648-7_33How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Bionic robots; Disaster rescue; Mechanical structure design; Flexible actuation; Metamaterial applications

Abstract

As the crucial equipment for responding to complex disaster environments, the bionic mechanical structure design of rescue robots will determine their operational effectiveness directly. With the frequent occurrence of extreme natural disasters worldwide, the adaptability of rescue equipment to complex debris environments has put forward higher requirements. This paper analyzes recent breakthroughs in robotic bionic technology systematically, explaining the adaptive enhancement mechanisms of quadrupedal, serpentine, multi-legged, and hybrid modalities from three dimensions--material innovation, mechanism optimization, and control algorithms. Examining real-world scenarios such as earthquake rescue operations in Turkey, it reveals how core technologies like flexible actuation, metamaterial applications, and swarm collaboration overcome the terrain limitations of traditional robots. Through a comparison of 23 performance indicators, including energy efficiency and fault tolerance rates of rigid and flexible structures, a trinity bionic design framework of “material-structure-control” is proposed to further enhance the overall effectiveness of rescue robots, providing theoretical support and engineering references for the development of robots for extreme environments.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Wenxuan Yu
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/04/24
TI  - Bionic Mechanical Structures of Rescue Robots in Complex Disaster Environments
BT  - Proceedings of the International Workshop on Advances in Deep Learning for Image Analysis and Computer Vision (IWADIC 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 301
EP  - 310
SN  - 2352-538X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-648-7_33
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6239-648-7_33
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