Name
Abstract | ||
|---|---|---|
When climbing vertical or inclined surfaces, insects utilizeclaws, tibial spines, and tarsal pads to create attachment forces.These devices allow them to climb on a variety of substrates,including those that are smooth, soft, or porous. Recent advancesin materials may make long-lasting dry adhesives and arrays ofsharp hooks feasible attachment mechanisms for small robots.Mini-WhegsTM are a series of robots that use rotatingwheel-legs driven by a single motor for locomotion. By testingspecially designed wheel-legs with office tape, pairs of spines,and Velcro®, this work demonstrates the feasibility of applyingnovel adhesives and frictional materials passively on simplerotating legs. The resulting robot climbs vertical fabric surfaceswith Velcro®, crosses ceilings with Scotch® tape, andclimbs steep concrete inclines with sharp spines and provides atest-platform for future adhesive materials such as dry adhesivetape. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2009 | 10.1177/0278364908095334 | I. J. Robotic Res. |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
wall climbing robots,biologically-inspired,reduced actuation,legged mobile robots | Adhesive materials,Control theory,Mechanical engineering,Adhesive,Engineering,Robot,Climbing,Climb,Structural engineering | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
28 | 2 | 0278-3649 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
26 | 1.92 | 16 |
Authors | ||
8 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathryn A. Daltorio | 1 | 68 | 10.89 |
| Terence E. Wei | 2 | 40 | 4.30 |
| Horchler, Andrew D. | 3 | 141 | 16.32 |
| Lori Southard | 4 | 30 | 3.44 |
| Gregory D. Wile | 5 | 36 | 3.33 |
| Roger D. Quinn | 6 | 952 | 208.66 |
| Stanislav N. Gorb | 7 | 46 | 6.73 |
| Roy E. Ritzmann | 8 | 267 | 41.94 |