Data Sheet

WiFi Mobile Robot Development Platform with Multi-DOF Gripping Arms

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Dr Robot presents SCOUT, a rugged wheeled WiFi robot equipped with two gripping

arms that optionally provide the robot with either one or two wrist-mounted CMOS

cameras. Combining mobility and a new ability to grasp and manipulate, SCOUT offers

users broad versatility in its application and recently starred in Universal Picture's

American Pie: Band Camp.

SCOUT is a ready to use mobile robot platform designed for remote monitoring/patroling

applications requiring object manipulation or other direct physical interaction with the

robot's surroundings.

The base design matches the Dr Robot unit that appeared in the most recent American

Pie film, with improvements noted below.

Co-Positioned Camera and Grips

An improvement provided with the current model SCOUT is a

wrist-mounted camera that greatly facilitates remote

manipulation of objects. Optionally, you can choose to have

cameras on both wrists, maximizing the robot's ability to survey

its surroundings. With their position coincident to the robot's

gripping digits, the cameras uniquely enable remote users to

get an eye on whatever the robot is reaching toward.

Note: The wrist camera can be seen just below the gripper on the right side of the photo.

the optional second camera installes on the left side of the photo.

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WiFi Mobile Robot Development Platform with Multi-DOF Gripping Arms Scout Dr Robot presents SCOUT, a rugged wheeled WiFi robot equipped with two gripping arms that optionally provide the robot with either one or two wrist-mounted CMOS cameras. Combining mobility and a new ability to grasp and manipulate, SCOUT offers users broad versatility in its application and recently starred in Universal Picture's American Pie: Band Camp.
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Each of the robot's arms has five degrees of freedom, excluding the hinging DOF of the gripper joint. The lifting capacity of each gripper is 300 g while the chassis has a carrying capacity of 6 kg. SCOUT travels at a top speed of 75 cm/sec and has 6 infrared distance sensors and 3 ultrasonic rangefinders onboard, but also has a bumper equipped with shocks in case of an unavoidable collision. Two lamps on the front of the robot also provide near-field illumination.
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Like Dr Robot's other advanced robot systems SCOUT can be used to develop a specialized intelligent robotic assistant, security robot or simply use it as a platform for a variety of projects built around applications such as human-machine interaction, mobile system navigation, robot behavior, image processing, object recognition, voice recognition, teleoperation, remote sensing, map building and localization etc.