Robotnik participates at the BADGER project, whose goal is the design and development of the BADGER autonomous underground robotic system that will be able to drill, manoeuvre, localise, map and navigate in the underground space, and which will be equipped with tools for constructing horizontal and vertical networks of stable bores and pipelines.
The proposed robotic system will enable the execution of tasks that cut across different application domains of high societal and economic impact including trenchless constructions, cabling and pipe installations, geotechnical investigations, large-scale irrigation installations, search and rescue operations, remote science and exploration, and defence applications.
Robotnik will be the main actor within work package involving Robotic system design and hardware development, plus the overall system integration. This task will focus in the integration of the main locomotion units, propulsion (for driving control along the tunnel) and directional (for steering control).
