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ICRA
2008
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
2008
IEEE
— The adhesive and frictional properties of dry adhesive materials can be described by a three-dimensional limit surface in the space of normal and tangential contact forces at t...
ICRA
2008
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
2008
IEEE
— Several recently-designed robots are able to scale steep surfaces using animal-inspired strategies for foot attachment and leg kinematics. These designs could be valuable for r...
IROS
2006
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
2006
IEEE
Abstract— This paper proposes a small-scale agile wall climbing robot able to navigate on smooth surfaces of any orientation, including vertical and inverted surfaces, which uses...
IROS
2007
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
2007
IEEE
— This paper reports a vacuum-based wet adhesion system for wall climbing robots. In this adhesion system, a suction cup adheres on a wet surface. The problems addressed are an a...
IJRR
2006
13 years 7 months ago
2006
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...