2019 – TDP – Red Knights – RoboCupRescue – Robot

This paper introduces a completely redesigned rescue robot, engineered by college preparatory students at Benilde St.-Margaret's secondary school. The Red Knights team has participated in the RoboCup Rescue competition since 2009 with iterations of the 2009 robot design, but this year, the team has decided to bring an entirely new design with more robust sensing capabilities as well as more sophisticated and intuitive interfaces including inverse kinematics that will allow the robot to better engage with dexterity tasks. The new robot will better traverse difficult terrain and navigate challenging obstacles in ways we have never attempted using independent flipper controls and sensor feedback. Improved navigation will use hardware and software solutions (addressed under the system description header) that allow 3D map making (for navigation) and victim detection.