Design and suction cup analysis of a wall climbing robot

Computers and Electrical Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 193-209

  Bahr, B ^a   Li, Y ^a   Najafi, M ^b  

^a Wichita State University   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Design; Elasticity; Legged; Mobile; Robot; Safety; Suction cup; Wall climbing

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELASTICITY; GRAVITATION; KINEMATICS; MACHINE DESIGN; MATRIX ALGEBRA; ROTATION; STRESS CONCENTRATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ACTUATOR FORCE; ARTIFICIAL CONSTRAINT EQUATIONS; GRAVITATION FORCE; JACOBIN MATRIX; KINETOSTATIC ANALYSIS; SUCTION CUP;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0030149244     PISSN: 00457906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-7906(95)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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