Geckobot: A gecko inspired climbing robot using elastomer adhesives

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 2329-2335

  Unver, Ozgur ^a   Uneri, Ali ^b   Aydemir, Alper ^b   Sitti, Metin ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGILE CLIMBING; CLIMBING ROBOTS; ELASTOMER ADHESIVE PADS; PEELING MECHANISM TESTS;

ADHESIVES; ELASTOMERS; KINEMATICS; MOTION PLANNING;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 33845604041     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1642050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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