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ROVéo: Armadillo-Like, All-Terrain Robot for Nuclear Decommissioning

ROVéo is a robot whose unique four-wheel design allows it to climb over obstacles up to two-thirds its height. Rovenso, the Switzerland-based start-up that developed this prototype, aims to produce a larger-scale model equipped with a robotic arm for use in dismantling nuclear plants. The device, which looks like an armadillo, is very adaptable thanks to its unique mechanical design and the presence of a motor on each leg. The wheels at the end of each leg operate autonomously, and the legs themselves are linked together by only one degree of freedom. This configuration allows the robot to handle uneven terrain just as easily as it cruises over uniform obstacles like a staircase. Rovenso is also developing a remote-control system combining immersive vision and force feedback. Steering is done by synchronizing the rotation of the front and rear wheels. This allows for high-precision maneuvers, including effortlessly reversing course to get out of a dead end.

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    00:00:08 this robot is is unique in the sense that it can overcome obstacles much bigger than the wheel size extremely simply we have taken inspiration from um spatial Robotics and research compared to traditional Leed robots this robot is stable by Nature so its mechanics are done in such a way that they do not need any kind of artificial intelligence to maintain

    00:00:33 stability all the degrees of freedom of the robot are mechanically linked and basically with only one degree of Freedom the robot manages to passively adapt to the shape of the obstacles so we founded Reno an apfl startup with the goal to use this robot in nuclear commissioning and uh emergency response the next step is making a big version of it half a ton uh

    00:00:58 that will be able to go in r terrain and transport heavy duty