Modular wall climbing robots with transition capability

2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 246-250

  Xiao, Jizhong ^a   Calle, Angel ^a   Sadegh, Ali ^a   Elliott, Matthew ^a  

^a City University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Climbing robot; Control system; Mechatronics; Mobile robot

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; LOGIC DESIGN; MECHATRONICS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ADHESIVE MECHANISMS; WALL CLIMBING ROBOTS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 33748550732     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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