Development of wall-climbing robots

Computers and Electrical Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-149

  Nishi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biped walking robot; Flight robot; Fluid mechanical robot; Irregular wall surface; Large sucker robot; Mobile robot; Self powered robot; Vertical wall; Wall driving robot; Wall climbing robot

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; MECHANISMS;

BIPED WALKING ROBOTS; FLUID MECHANICAL ROBOTS; LARGE SUCKER ROBOTS; SELF POWERED ROBOTS; WALL CLIMBING ROBOTS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0030108425     PISSN: 00457906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-7906(95)00034-8     Document Type: Article

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