SuperDroid Robots provides custom engineering and fabrication for Defense, Law Enforcement, security, and surveillance applications. Contact us with specific request. We build custom robots and we carry many stock robots for quick affordable turnaround. We keep a large inventory of stock parts so we can build custom robots quickly. Our expertise and experience includes but is not limited to the areas of:
We provide standard robot packages that include an arm. The arms can be used for many uses including EOD (Explosive ordnance Disposal), IED (Improvised Explosive Device ) inspection robots, etc. We also include custom robotic arms including overload clutches, position control, etc. See our arm support page for more details of the arms. We have placed arms most commonly on our HD2 treaded platform. Now the LT has a standard arm, and the wheeled robots can also be fitted with an arm.
3D Robot Surveillance and Inspection with 8 foot Lift
Time to Start thinking 3-D. With this robot you can bring your inspection and surveillance to a new level (literally). The robot stands under a foot tall when in its stowed position, but with a touch of a button you can drive the camera up to over 8 feet of height. This features makes inspecting inside vehicles, on top of counter tops, shelves, etc possible without having to send personnel into harms way! The lift is installed in our small LT robot, but can also be installed on our HD ATRs, HD2s or other custom platforms. As shown the robot is being controlled with our custom Pelican Case Remote, but this lift and robot can also be controlled with any of our other control systems. The camera can also be upgraded to our 27x optical zoom camera to get an even better perspective on the situation! Watch our Demo Video to see it's amazing capabilities...
Below is a custom LT robot with the 8ft lift. On top of the lift is a PTZ camera with IR lights. The front of the robot has a thermal camera and color camera mounted on a tilt bracket. A rear view IR camera is also included. The video is processed through a quad processor so all four cameras can be remotely viewed or the user can toggle between the individual cameras using the remote.
These custom robots were built for inspection robots for the military and law enforcement. The cameras have 30X optical zoom. The camera can pan >360 degrees and has -10 to 45 degree tilt. The robot is also equipped with two fixed focus pinhole cameras on the front and one rear camera. The robot has a dual control system. The robot is controlled via a gamepad controller with a 900MHz modem and custom control board. The video is transmitted to the gamepad controller with a high power video transmitter. See our controller section below on this page. The video is also sent to a 4 camera video server over the WiFi network so other personnel can log into the system and simultaneously view the video inspection.
Above to the left is a custom LT-F robot with an additional 27X PTZ Optical zoom camera with 360 degree pan. The picture above to the right is the same LT-F with PTZ next to a standard HD2-S robot. We can provide custom solutions to meet your needs too. We can typically provide custom solutions in very short time frames due to our extensive design library and inventory we keep on hand.
The pair of robots below were built to meet the customers requirements and include PTZ cameras under a 10 inch dome.
Contact us with specific needs and let us help you come up with a great tool.
It's a tank, so we built it like one; wheels have inner and outer race supported with heavy duty pillow block ball bearings, aircraft grade fully gusseted laser cut aluminum, triple ply treads, heavy duty hardware, four high power drive gear motors, available as fully sealed and water tight (submersible). The treads and powerful motors allow this robot to ascend and descend stairs.
The robot pictured above also has a 3 axis arm that collapses flush into the robot chassis. The arm is driven with a speed controlled jack screw with position feedback and is very rugged. A 220x zoom camera is inside a housing that tilts 90+ degrees and has a 420+ degree pan. The camera's power and 22x optical zoom are remotely controlled. It also has low light capability needing less than 1 lux to see.
Contact us to put this robot or a similar one to work for you!
Our All Terrain robot kits are rugged affordable robots with 4WD. The robots can be customized with halogen lights, camera systems, Infrared scanners, PA systems, Strobe Lights, etc. to meet your needs. The robots can be made remote controlled with built in video monitoring and communication systems to allow you to send the robot in front of officers or troops saving valuable lives!
The robot on the left has strobes, flood lights, 30X Optical zoom camera with 420 degree pan and 65 degree tilt. The PA system can be used to negotiate. The robot it loaded with batteries for very long run times.
Another great function of these robots is a search and rescue robot. The robots are small, yet able to traverse most obstacles making it a great choice for entering confined spaces or collapsed structures to inspect or search for victims.
The 6WD Robot pictured on the right has a color camera with 22x Optical zoom, low light capabilities, 360+ degree pan, and -10 to +45 degree tilt. The video is wireless transmitted. The robot is controlled wirelessly with the above controller or from a PC via a USB or RS232 port. This pictured robot has an ultrasonic distance sensor mounted on a servo for measuring the distance to objects in front of it. The sensor data along with battery voltages and any other data is relayed back wirelessly to the controller or PC.
The enclosed 6WD Robot pictured on the left has a color camera with 30x Optical zoom, low light capabilities, 360+ degree pan, and -10 to +45 degree tilt. The video is wireless transmitted. The robot had two modes of operation. One is wireless using a handheld gamepad controller as described below. The other was a tethered mode, where the robot was connected to a 250 foot Cate5e network wire and controlled with a gamepad controller. A video monitor was attached to the gamepad controller. The gamepad controller drove the robot, pan and tilt of the camera along with zoom in and out.
Contact us with specific needs and let us help you come up with a great tool.
You can take control of our robots using many methods. We can provide a simple Hobby Remote Control, you can control the robot with a Laptop or PC wirelessly over a wireless network (WiFi) or using wireless modems. Or you can use the custom wireless controllers similar to the ones listed below.
Our Pelican Case remotes are Custom Remotes with Data Transmitters and Video Receivers built in with a color 7" LCD. The remotes have a a data LCD for displaying status of the remote and changing the settings of the remote.
Using the built in battery the remote runs for ~5hrs or it can be plugged in using the 12V auxiliary power port.
The left remote is for a HD2-S with a 4 axis arm. The right remote is for a LT-F with a PTZ camera added to it.
These enclosed handheld remotes features a flush mounted color LCD with joysticks, toggle switches, etc.
The remotes have the same features as the Pelican case remotes to the left, but is self contained in a hand held version that are either 8"x12"x2.5" deep or 10"x12"x3" deep.
We have also built many custom game pad controllers that have two X-Y analog joysticks for driving the robot and controlling the camera pan and tilt. They also has 15 function buttons for controlling things like camera zoom, lights, etc. The game pad has had its stock circuit board replaced with a custom circuit board with an onboard microcontroller that sends serial data. The serial data is sent to a belt worn transceiver, that relays the data to the robot. The video and audio is received from a belt worn receiver and sent to the mounted 3" or 7" LCD.
Yet another option, and most cost effective, is using a simple RC controller and mounting a monitor and the receiver with a battery pack on it.
The Robot pictured to the left is tread driven tank style robot. It is controlled via a WiFi connection so you can use your laptop to control the robot from a remote location. We provide a program so all the driving and control of the robot is done using the displayed game pad controller and you use the Laptop screen as a monitor for your camera(s). This tread driven robot is our standard generation 1 HD2 Tank. We can customize this to meet your needs. We have supplied many custom treaded robots to a wide range of customers. readed ATR on our support page.
Pictured on the left is a Ultra Compact PC with a gamepad controller. The PC's LCD is all touch screen and can be used to connect to your WiFi network or go peer to peer with your robot. We supply a custom program to run the robot from your laptop utilizing the gamepad controller or using the touch screen. The WiFi Cameras can be viewed via your web-browser. We machine a custom bracket to hold the PC and gamepad. The whole system only weighs a couple pounds and the batteries last for several hours and can be plugged in for longer use. The gamepad controller also had a rumble pad that is programmed to rumble for set parameters such as low battery voltage, over current, etc.
Pictures to the left is a self contained monitoring station. This is a monitor with a video receiver and battery. This does not control the robot, but serves as a secondary viewing station. Ideal for situations where two or more teams are entering a situation each requiring to see what the robot sees. Multiple display stations can be used to view the robot's video feed.
Below are some of the many custom robots we have made for the military and police. We specialize in making custom robots that meet your exact needs and budgets.
Above is a 1/12 scale monster RC Truck with 4WD. It has a pan and tilt IR camera mounted in the bed of the truck with two roll bars on each side to protect it. The camera and truck are controlled using the RC controller pictured.
Above is the 1/12 scale RC truck next to a smaller 1/18th scale 4WD TLT Max Climber. The smaller truck has a small fixed position pin hole camera mounted on the front of it.
The above robot on the is our standard Crawler package. It features 4WD and 4 wheel steering, a 360 degree pan and tilt IR camera.
This is a picture of a law enforcement robot we made that involved modifying our standard All Terrain Robot by putting a scissor lift with a camera pan and tilt system on it so the camera could boom up to over 6 feet and then pan and tilt to look inside vehicles. The Robot was remote controlled and the camera image was wirelessly transmitted. When the robot was done looking the scissor lift would collapse so the robot was under 2 feet tall.
Scissor Lift collapsed
Scissor Lift Extended
This is a video of a SuperDroid ATR that has been modified to include a custom Scissor Lift that extends a camera pan and tilt to over 6 feet high, then collapses to less than 2 feet. Contact us if you wish us to develop a custom camera solution for your needs.
The Third Platoon Bravo Company "Death Dealers" stationed in Baghdad requested assistance with camera applications on a custom OED (Explosive ordnance Disposal). SuperDroid Robots provided a wireless camera solution and custom mounting instructions.
