Method and system for deploying a surveillance network

摘要

A method and system for gathering information from and setting up a surveillance network within an earth-surface environment that includes inserting one or more mobile robotic devices having a sensing subsystem, a communications subsystem, and a navigation subsystem into an earth-surface environment. The mobile robotic device may be configured into a traveling pose selected from a plurality of available traveling poses, and directed using the navigation subsystem to a sensing location within the earth-surface environment. The environment may be monitored and sensed information collected may be stored or communicated to a remote location. The mobile robotic device may be configured to operate with a vehicle carrier to facilitate insertion and deployment of the robotic vehicle into the earth-surface environment.

主权项

1. A system for gathering information from within an earth-surface environment, comprising:
at least one mobile robotic device operable on an earth surface of an earth-surface environment, which is configurable into at least one deployment pose and a plurality of traveling poses, the mobile robotic device comprising:
a multi-frame body having multiple single-track units coupled by an active articulating linkage;a navigation subsystem for selecting the optimum traveling pose for the earth- surface environment;a sensing subsystem for collecting information from the earth-surface environment; and a carrier vehicle operable with the mobile robotic device as configured in the at least one deployment pose to facilitate deployment of the mobile robotic device into the earth-surface environment, wherein the mobile robotic device is housed in a projectile deliverable from the carrier vehicle to the earth surface of the earth-surface environment and reconfigurable into one of the plurality of traveling poses so as to enable the mobile robotic device to locate to a first sensing location within the earth-surface environment.