Terrain Adaptive Tracked Vehicle HELIOS - I

A tracked vehicle ensuring stairs ascending/descending work or securing obstacles surmounting operation is introduced. To prevent the slidedown upon the stairs, compliant nipples are provided upon the crawler track of the vehicle. Also a carrier-attitude-driving system and its controlling mechanism are equipped onto the vehicle, to keep the mounted materials upon the unit at a horizontal level an maintain the equilibrium of the body at a stabilized position. HELIOS-I, the mechanical model, with whole the length 100cm and width 60cm is manufactured and its functions are hereby explained.