Development and applications of wall-climbing robots with a single suction cup

Robotica

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 643-648

  Zhao, Yanzheng ^a   Fu, Zhuang ^a   Cao, Qixin ^a   Wang, Yan ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cleaning of high rise buildings; Single suction cup; Ultrasonic inspection; Wall climbing robot

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MAGNETIZATION; SAFETY DEVICES; SEALING (CLOSING); VACUUM;

CLEANING OF HIGH RISE BUILDINGS; SINGLE SUCTION CUP; ULTRASONIC INSPECTION; WALL-CLIMBING ROBOT;

ROBOTS;

EID: 10244278124     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574704000517     Document Type: Article

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