Quadruped Robot BOLT Enables Rapid Hazard Assessment
A project presents BOLT, a modular quadruped robot conceived after the 2020 Visakhapatnam (Vizag) styrene gas leak to gather environmental data in hazardous disaster zones before human entry. It combines a Raspberry Pi/Teensy layered control stack, MKS ODrive Mini drivers, Eagle Power 90KV BLDC motors with 9:1 gearboxes, and ROS2-based sensing (gas, IMU, camera) for remote teleoperation. The platform aims to reduce responder exposure by providing rapid situational awareness.
Key Points
- 1Presents BOLT, a low-cost modular quadruped with swappable gas, IMU, and camera sensors.
- 2Addresses the information gap in disasters by providing pre-entry environmental assessment to protect responders.
- 3Enables practitioners to deploy ROS2/Teensy/ODrive stack for real-time teleoperation and modular sensor integration.
Scoring Rationale
High actionability and detailed engineering drive the score; limited novelty and single-source project constrain wider impact.
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