• 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