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TROB
2008
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13 years 5 months ago
Smooth Vertical Surface Climbing With Directional Adhesion
Stickybot is a bio-inspired robot that climbs smooth vertical surfaces such as glass, plastic and ceramic tile at 4 cm/s. The robot employs several design principles adapted from t...
Sangbae Kim, Matthew Spenko, Salomon Trujillo, Bar...
ICRA
2006
IEEE
93views Robotics» more  ICRA 2006»
13 years 11 months ago
Hierarchical Control for Self-assembling Mobile Trusses with Passive and Active Links
— This paper explores the space of active modular trusses, ranging from a passive truss with one independent active climbing module to fully self-reconfiguring dynamically contr...
Carrick Detweiler, Marsette Vona, Keith Kotay, Dan...
ICIRA
2009
Springer
134views Robotics» more  ICIRA 2009»
14 years 10 days ago
The Hand-Bot, a Robot Design for Simultaneous Climbing and Manipulation
We present a novel approach to mobile object manipulation for service in indoor environments. Current research in service robotics focus on single robots able to move, manipulate o...
Michael Bonani, Stéphane Magnenat, Philippe...
ICRA
2007
IEEE
133views Robotics» more  ICRA 2007»
14 years 3 days ago
Passive Foot Design and Contact Area Analysis for Climbing Mini-Whegs
—Mini-Whegs™, a power-autonomous vehicle that uses multi-spoke wheel-legs for locomotion, is able to climb vertical glass surfaces with several different wheel-leg designs. Adh...
Kathryn A. Daltorio, Terence E. Wei, Stanislav N. ...
ICRA
2009
IEEE
140views Robotics» more  ICRA 2009»
14 years 13 days ago
A miniature ceiling walking robot with flat tacky elastomeric footpads
—In this paper, the design, analysis, and development of a sixteen-legged palm-sized climbing robot using flat bulk tacky elastomer adhesives as an attachment method is presente...
Ozgur Unver, Metin Sitti