DocumentCode
1074170
Title
Climbing the walls [robots]
Author
Tummala, R.Lal ; Mukherjee, Ranjan ; Xi, Ning ; Aslam, Dean ; Dulimarta, Hans ; Xiao, Jizhong ; Minor, Mark ; Dang, G.
Author_Institution
Electr. & Comput. Eng., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA
Volume
9
Issue
4
fYear
2002
fDate
12/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
10
Lastpage
19
Abstract
Presents two underactuated kinematic designs for miniature climbing robots. They use suction. The underactuation is to save weight.
Keywords
mobile robots; robot kinematics; miniature climbing robots; suction; underactuated kinematic designs; Actuators; Buildings; Climbing robots; Kinematics; Leg; Legged locomotion; Orbital robotics; Reconnaissance; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1070-9932
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MRA.2002.1160067
Filename
1160067
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