Robot de Surveillance Avancé à Chenilles

After years of building custom HD2 robots, the most common requests into our standard surveillance and inspection robot package have been incorporated. The HD2-S includes the following; robot, controller, battery chargers, complete assembly and testing as a complete package.

Standard HD2 Treaded Robot Features:

• Wheels supported with inner and outer race sealed ball bearings (the wheels are NOT cantilevered or direct driven from the gear motor shaft).
• Wheels are driven with powerful 52mm diameter gear motors with heavy duty #35 chains.
• The treads and four powerful motors allow this robot to ascend/descend stairs and go over most terrain.
• Robot is enclosed and can be sealed making it water tight.
• Chassis is made from aircraft grade aluminum. The design uses all laser cut parts with mortise and tenon design for precise alignment and mating of the parts. The frame is ribbed and gusseted making it very rigid. Welded construction using TIG and MIG for a solid chassis.
• It is about 38 inches long and 20 inches wide by about 9 1/2" high (tread height). There is a very large center cavity for batteries, electronics, cameras, computers, etc. Wider chassis are also available (~26” wide).
• Custom Treads with aggressive All Terrain pattern. Positive traction. The composite rubber and UHMW wheels with timed teeth that match the cutout pattern on the treads.
• NiMH Battery power 24V 20Ahrs for the drive. 11.1V 5Ahrs for the video and control. Provides over 1.5 hours of continuous driving under standard conditions, If driven intermittently the robot’s video and controls will last over 8 hours.
• The HD2s are made from aluminum, so they will not rust. The HD2-S comes painted flat black
• This robot is also equipped with a roll cage which includes a heavy duty frame structure bent and welded to protect top mounted camera systems from accidental roll over.

Video and Control Custom Features:

Below are two videos and control packages. We also offer many other custom control choices. Video transmission and robot control is tricky and can be affected by several factors such as walls, electrical interference, landscape, other RF interference, etc. We offer many different methods for video transmission. The range (distance) you can achieve is greatly influenced by the above. Our standard package is a Pelican Case controller. If desired a handheld remote can be selected too.

RC Controller: Standard versions include the following:

• 7 or 8 Channel 2.4GHz frequency spectrum control system (searches for best most reliable channel) with a Fail Safe long range dual receiver. Five channels are used to drive the robot and control the camera PTZ. Three channels are left over for turning on other accessories.
• Tested urban range 200+ yards (effective operation range for video and control with multiple building structures, wireless interference, etc. Concrete and steel walls will reduce range further)
• Tested rural line of site range 1000+ feet
• 7” color wide screen LCD for viewing video
• Full range of speed control for drive motors.
• Position control of camera pan and tilt
• Extra channel(s) for lights or other custom options.
• Enclosed Hand Held System (shown above):
  • 8-channel Custom made, laser cut, handheld controller with 7” LCD and video receiver
  • Light weight and portable
  • Fully assembled and tested
• Pelican Case System (shown above):
  • 8-channel Pelican case with 7”LCD mounted in the lid and controls mounted in base.
  • Light weight can be carried and operated or placed on hood of car or table and operated
  • Convenient transport case doubles as operator console, just flip it open, erect antennas, and turn it on.
• Handheld System (shown above):
  • 7-channel Spektrum remote with custom water jet cut mounting bracket for holding battery, 7” LCD and video receiver
  • Light weight and portable
  • Fully assembled and tested

Video Transmission:

• Video is sent back with a 900MHz transmitter. The receiver is mounted to the RC controller or in the Pelican case and the video is transmitted to the 7” color LCD.
• Tested urban range 200+ yards (effective operation range for video and control with multiple building structures, wireless interference, etc. Concrete and steel walls will reduce range further)
• Tested rural line of site range 1000+ feet

Enclosed Camera PTZ:

• This camera system is flush mounted on the top of the robot as shown on the main picture above.
• It can be oriented to make the front of the robot either end. We typically mount the camera in the rear as shown so the camera sees the treads and roll cage in the lower corners of its view to give the robot user a better perspective of fitting through doorways, etc.
• It has a High Resolution, day and night 27X optical zoom camera enclosed in a weather tight housing.
• The camera pan is more than 360 degrees. The tilt is -45 to +60 degrees up.
• The pan, tilt, and zoom are controlled with the remotes listed above.

Smart Chargers:

• Multiple chargers mounted on one bracket. The chargers are for the 24V motor batteries, 12V video/control battery, and 12V control console battery.
• The chargers are fully automatic and will charge all the batteries simultaneously.
• Chargers are included in a case for easy storage and operation.