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ICRA
2006
IEEE
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Geckobot: a Gecko Inspired Climbing Robot using Elastomer Adhesives
— In this paper, the design, analysis, and fabrication of a gecko-inspired climbing robot are discussed. The robot has kinematics similar to a gecko’s climbing gait. It uses pe...
Ozgur Unver, Ali Uneri, Alper Aydemir, Metin Sitti
ICRA
2007
IEEE
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Whole body adhesion: hierarchical, directional and distributed control of adhesive forces for a climbing robot
— We describe the design and control of a new bio-inspired climbing robot designed to scale smooth vertical surfaces using directional adhesive materials. The robot, called Stick...
Sangbae Kim, Matthew Spenko, Salomon Trujillo, Bar...
AMIRE
2005
Springer
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Toward Micro Wall-Climbing Robots Using Biomimetic Fibrillar Adhesives
Abstract— Climbing is a challenging task for autonomous mobile robots primarily due to requirements for agile locomotion, and high maneuverability as well as robust and efficient...
Matthias Greuter, Gaurav Shah, Gilles Caprari, Fab...