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IJRR
2006
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Scaling Hard Vertical Surfaces with Compliant Microspine Arrays
A new approach for climbing hard vertical surfaces has been developed that allows a robot to scale concrete, stucco, brick and masonry walls without using suction or adhesives. The...
Alan T. Asbeck, Sangbae Kim, Mark R. Cutkosky, Wil...
TROB
2008
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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...