Robot for detecting narrow cave on star catalogue

By designing a robot suitable for exploring narrow caves, and employing flexible pipe modules and rope-driven structures, the problem of existing robots being unable to enter narrow caves has been solved, enabling omnidirectional exploration and flexible operation within narrow caves.

CN121849256AActive Publication Date: 2026-04-14HARBIN INST OF TECH
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202610312681.8
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2026-03-16
Publication Date
2026-04-14
Estimated Expiration
2046-03-16

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Technical Problem

Existing star surface exploration robots are large and complex, making them unsuitable for exploring narrow caves.

Method used

A robot comprising a traveling mechanism, a shell, and a cave exploration mechanism was designed. The cave exploration mechanism consists of a guide probe, a flexible pipe module, a telescopic control module, and a bending control module. It adopts a flexible pipe module and a rope-driven structure to achieve slender and flexible cave exploration. Combined with a tracked wheel traveling mechanism, it meets the exploration requirements of narrow caves.

Benefits of technology

It enables omnidirectional exploration of robots in narrow caves, enhances the exploration adaptability and operational flexibility in complex terrain, and has a compact structure that is easy to operate.

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Abstract

The invention discloses a robot for detecting a narrow cave on a star catalogue, and belongs to the technical field of space robots. The defects that an existing star catalogue detection robot is large in size, complex in structure and incapable of adapting to narrow caves are overcome. The device comprises an advancing mechanism, a shell and a cave detection mechanism, and the shell is installed on the advancing mechanism and can be driven by the advancing mechanism to move; a mounting cabin is arranged at the front end of the shell, one end of the cave detection mechanism is mounted in the mounting cabin, the other end of the cave detection mechanism can extend out of or retract into the mounting cabin, and the cave detection mechanism can perform bending action so as to complete an omnidirectional detection task after the robot enters a narrow cave on a star catalogue. The method is mainly used for detecting the narrow caves on the star catalogue.
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