Design and Functional Simulation for a Pyrotechnic Robot

Pyrotechnic robots are service robots which are used to reduce the intervention time of pyrotechnic troops and the danger for the operators. Pyrotechnic robots are used to inspect hazardous areas or/and to remove and to destroy explosive or suspect devices/objects. These robots can be used to make some corridors through mined battle fields, to manipulate and neutralize the intact ammunition, to inspect vehicles, trains, airplanes and buildings. For these robots an effective functional activity is to determine the dimension of the work space, the kinematics of the robotic arm and the characteristics of the gripper. In the paper, structural, kinematic, static synthesis and analysis, design and functional simulation are shown on a robotic arm and the grippers attached from a pyrotechnic robot designed by the authors.