Robots and sensors for HUDEM at University of CATANIA : Mobile robotics: Climbing and walking robots

In this work some results of researches related to humanitarian demining that are in progress at DEES, University of Catania, will be described. In particular two aspects will be presented: the hybrid robot WHEELEG and the intelligent contact sensor PERM. WHEELEG is a robot with two front legs and two rear wheels suitable for exploring rough environments, PERM is a smart contact sensor suitable for automatic surface material recognition. In the paper some preliminary experimental results of both systems are shown.