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Intelligent fire-fighting robot for manned spacecraft cabin

A technology for manned spacecraft and fire-fighting robots, which is applied in the field of intelligent fire-fighting robots in manned spacecraft cabins, and can solve problems such as being unable to adapt to the microgravity environment of spacecraft cabins

Active Publication Date: 2018-09-28
TECH & ENG CENT FOR SPACE UTILIZATION CHINESE ACAD OF SCI
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However, both fire extinguishers have great disadvantages and cannot adapt to the microgravity environment in the spacecraft cabin.

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Embodiment 1

[0050] This embodiment provides an intelligent fire extinguishing robot in the cabin of a manned spacecraft (such as figure 1 ), which mainly includes a robotic arm and a fuselage body. The robotic arm is installed on the fuselage body. The fuselage body includes a propeller, a supporting structure, a controller, a power supply device, a sensor, a thermal control structure, a communication device, and an electric control device ;

[0051] The propeller includes a main nozzle, 24 moving nozzles distributed on the fuselage, a gas storage structure, and a coaxial twin propeller; the main nozzle and the coaxial twin propeller are respectively located on two opposite sides of the fuselage, in order to ensure Safely, a blade protection cover is installed outside the coaxial double propeller; the gas storage structure is placed in the middle of the two gas cylinder slots, and includes a gas cylinder, an expansion chamber, a pressure reducing valve and a multi-port interface. The main no...

Embodiment 2

[0063] This embodiment provides steps for the aforementioned robot to perform the fire extinguishing mode.

[0064] ① In the fire extinguishing mode, the robot's movement and posture are controlled by the main nozzle, moving nozzles distributed on the fuselage and coaxial twin propellers. The main nozzle flow control is on-off control, and the solenoid valve controls the main nozzle flow output to open and close. Two states, namely ON-OFF motion control, at this time, the main nozzle sprays carbon dioxide gas to extinguish the fire, and together with the motion nozzle and coaxial twin propellers control the movement and attitude of the robot;

[0065] ②Under certain circumstances, a fire may cause smoke, water vapor, etc. in the cabin. The scene information collected by the vision sensor may be blurred. Therefore, before positioning and mapping, the image must be defogged to make the image The scene information is more reliable;

[0066] ③Perform semantic scene reconstruction center...

Embodiment 3

[0070] This embodiment will provide steps for the robot to perform the inspection mode

[0071] ① In the inspection mode, the movement and attitude of the robot are still controlled by the main nozzle, the movement nozzles distributed on the fuselage, and the coaxial twin propellers, which can move autonomously in each cabin. At this time, the flow of the main nozzle is stepped output, which is controlled by a solenoid valve to control the movement of the robot;

[0072] ②Combined visual and inertial positioning through the front RGB-D camera, IMU and infrared thermal imager, using real-time positioning and mapping algorithms, using ORB-SLAM, sparse mapping of the camera position for each frame of the video stream, based on Perform semantic segmentation work with prior information such as temperature, shape, color model, and distinction between dynamic and static objects, and continue to iterate to reconstruct the semantic map in the cabin, move autonomously in the cabin, record th...

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Abstract

The invention provides an intelligent fire-fighting robot for a manned spacecraft cabin and relates to the field of mechanical intelligence. The robot comprises mechanical arms, a propeller, a controller, power supply equipment, sensors, a heat control structure, communicating equipment, electronic control equipment and a supporting structure. The propeller comprises a gas storing structure, coaxial double screw propellers, a main spraying nozzle and motion spraying nozzles distributed on a robot body and controls the motion state of the robot. By means of the various sensors carried by the robot body, a scene map is set up, and thus the robot can start a fire-fighting mode and a polling mode; under the fire-fighting mode, an astronaut can operate the robot to find a fire source in the safety area, and the main spraying nozzle sprays high-pressure carbon dioxide gas to the position nearing the firing place to carry out fire fighting; and under the polling mode, the robot moves autonomously fully and records the monitoring state. The robot can fast extinguish small-range fires occurring in the manned spacecraft cabin so as to guarantee the safety of the astronaut and the cabin, andassists in completing space scientific experiment and space probing activities.

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Technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of mechanical automation, in particular to an intelligent fire extinguishing robot in a manned spacecraft cabin. Background technique [0002] With the development of manned space engineering, manned spacecraft will be established in the future for long-term orbits for multiple astronauts to visit, work and live for a long time to support a large number of space science experiments and space exploration activities. For manned spacecraft in orbit, fire safety is one of the most important issues that must be properly resolved. In history, fixed and hand-held fire extinguishers have been installed in various manned spacecraft. However, both types of fire extinguishers have great shortcomings and cannot adapt to the microgravity environment in the spacecraft cabin. With the rapid development of modern science and technology in various fields, mobile robots have been widely used in various fields. With the continuo...

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IPC IPC(8): A62C3/08A62C31/24A62C31/05A62C37/40
CPCA62C3/08A62C31/05A62C31/24A62C37/40Y02A40/28
Inventor 李宗峰张琛
Owner TECH & ENG CENT FOR SPACE UTILIZATION CHINESE ACAD OF SCI