Wireless robot – A new paradigm in surveillance, law enforcement

Rose-Hulman students toiled vigorously for one year but what an amazing creation they finally came up with: the Wireless Surveillance Robot. The robot is low to the ground and runs on treads, instead of wheels. It can be controlled wirelessly via a laptop computer. The robot was designed and built by Peter Wenzel and Craig Storie while teaming up with Brian Telljohann and Sara Smebak of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology for the Vigo County Emergency Management Agency.

wireless surveillance robot

This robot can be used in hazardous situations to avoid putting humans at risk and is not only useful from an emergency management point of view, but to other public agencies as well. The surveillance robot is equipped with a rotatable video camera that can function efficiently in low light as well. Also, it’s capable of carrying the monitoring devices that can check air quality, temperature and take other readings to assist during the emergency.

The robot runs on rechargeable batteries and the designing team has also enabled the video capture from the camera. The images seen by the camera are further recorded in a laptop that can be used for future playback. The range of wireless communication with the robot is approximately half a mile for line-of-sight use, and 200 feet with any obstruction in the way, e.g. walls.

wireless surveillance robot1

wireless surveillance robot2

Via: Tribstar