Electroadhesive robots - Wall climbing robots enabled by a novel, robust, and electrically controllable adhesion technology

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3028-3033

  Prahlad, Harsha ^a   Pelrine, Ron ^a   Stanford, Scott ^a   Marlow, John ^a   Kornbluh, Roy ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADHESIVES; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DEBRIS; ELECTROSTATICS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOTICS; TECHNOLOGY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ADHESION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; WALL-CLIMBING ROBOTS;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 51649105001     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543670     Document Type: Conference Paper

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