Title :
The Alicia3 climbing robot: a three-module robot for automatic wall inspection
Author :
Longo, Domenico ; Muscato, Giovanni
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica Elettronica e dei Sistemi, Universita degli Studi di Catania, Italy
fDate :
3/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The system proposed in this article is the Alicia3 climbing robot. The aim of this project is to develop a system that can be adopted in a variety of applications, such as maintenance, building, inspection, and safety in the process and construction industries. The system could be adopted in many places where direct access by a human operator is very expensive because of the need for scaffolding or is very dangerous due to the presence of a hostile environment.
Keywords :
control engineering computing; inspection; mobile robots; motion control; robot kinematics; service robots; Alicia3 climbing robot; automatic wall inspection; construction industry; nondestructive inspection; onboard vacuum generation; pneumatic adhesion system; process industry; software architecture; system kinematics; system simulator; three module robots; Adhesives; Bridges; Climbing robots; Concrete; Educational institutions; Humans; Inspection; Robot vision systems; Robotics and automation; Safety;
Journal_Title :
Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MRA.2006.1598052
