Seekur
Seekur is a holonomic, all-weather, outdoor robot platform for outdoor security, inspection and research. Seekur's unique shape and omni-directional steering allow truly holonomic movement. This means that it can turn in its own length or even move sideways if blocked from front and behind.
With 8 -12 hours of run time and four wheel drive and independent suspension and it can cover miles and miles of terrain in a day.
A Seekur can be made fully autonomous. Equipped with optional onboard vision processing, wireless communications, dextrous maniupulators, GPS or laser rangefinders it can handle nearly any outdoor task.
The Seekur base package includes:
- Seekur base
- Rugged steel suspension
- Weight saving aluminum unibody construction
- 4 wheel omni-directional steering
- 4 wheel drive
- LCD user interface with diagnostic screens and backlight
- High power DC-DC conversion for accessories
- Control server PC
- Low-level Seekur OS
- ARIA mid-level API client software
- Durable 24V nickel-cadmium battery pack
- Charger
- Operations manual
Technical Specifications
Platform
DIMENSIONS: 1.4 x 1.3 x 1.1m LxWxH)
WEIGHT: 350kg
GROUND CLEARANCE: 180mm
TIRES: 400mm
WHEELBASE: 900mm, TRACK 800mm
BODY: Lightweight aluminum all-weather unibody
IP RATING: 54
TEMPERATURE RATING: –20°C-+50°C operation
ENERGY STORAGE: nickel cadmium
RUN TIME: 7-15 hrs in continuous motion
Sensor options
SICK LMS111 Laser range-finder
IMU [Inertial Measurement Unit]
MobileRanger C3D outdoor stereovision system
Pan/Tilt/Zoom Color camera
Software options
Seekur server operating system
ARIA API, available in source under GPL
Mapper3 indoor mapping software
MobileEyes real-time robot command & control GUI
Optional ARNL, with Laser Mapping & Navigation package
Optional mOGS, with DGPS package
Navigation & Motion
STEERING & SUSPENSION: 4 wheel omnidirectional steering and steel suspension
with 50mm travel; Ackermann mode also
MAXIMUM SPEED: 1.8m/s [4mph]
TERRAIN: Pavement, grass, snow, and dirt terrain
SLOPE: 20% grade
TYPES: guarded tele-operation, manual remote or manual direct drive, plus indoor autonomous operation option
Electronics
Onboard Microcontroller Server
Up to 5 optional programmable PCs with solid state storage
Expandable user digital and analog I/O on external high speed CANbus
Provision for DGPS, PTZ camera, 2 laser rangefinders, 3 stereocameras
LCD with backlight with diagnostic screens
5/12/24VDC regulated export power
Communication
2.4 GHz WiFi, inquire about other bandwidths
Warranty
1 year included; 3 year optional