Science and Technology Daily News (Reporter Shen Yingjia) On July 24, Academician Yao and others issued a "birth certificate" for the spherical robot independently developed by China, and since then it has become a new member of the world robot family. At the appraisal meeting organized by the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission that day, Academician Yao, the chairman of the appraisal committee, and other scientists believed that spherical robots were at the international advanced level in this field. The appraisal committee entrusted the First Metrology and Testing Institute of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation to inspect the spherical robot, and the results showed that the performance indexes of the spherical robot met the design requirements.

The research team of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications headed by Professor Sun undertook the research of the National Natural Science Foundation. After several years of efforts, a spherical robot with independent intellectual property rights in China has been developed, which is the first in China and reaches the international advanced level. Relevant institutions in Peking University conducted a comprehensive novelty search for spherical robots. The results show that the spherical robot with this structure has no precedent at home and abroad, and it is an innovative research.

Spherical robot is a brand-new subject in the field of robot research in the 1990s. The spherical robot developed by the Robotics Laboratory of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications adopts a new and efficient internal driving mode. The spherical robot can move freely in a straight line and in a circle, with a speed of 3m/s, and can climb a slope of 20 degrees to realize in-situ rotation. At rest, the spherical robot can start moving in any direction. The shell of the spherical robot is totally enclosed, and no wires are exposed, so it is not easy to be caught by obstacles, which enhances the robot's ability to adapt to harsh environment. shell