Design and Realization of a Novel Modular Climbing Caterpillar Using Low-Frequency Vibrating Passive Suckers

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 889-906

  Zhang, Houxiang ^a   Wang, Wei ^a,b   González Gómez, Juan ^c   Zhang, Jianwei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climbing robot; Modular caterpillar; Passive attachment principle; System design

Indexed keywords

CLIMBING ROBOT; CLIMBING ROBOTS; CONTROL MODEL; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE; FLEXIBLE WALL; LATERAL MOVEMENT; LOW FREQUENCY; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; MODULAR APPROACH; MODULAR CATERPILLAR; MOVEMENT MECHANISM; PASSIVE ATTACHMENT PRINCIPLE; RHYTHMIC MOTION; ROBOTIC PLATFORMS; ROLLING MOVEMENT; SYSTEM DESIGN; TWO-DIMENSION;

BIPED LOCOMOTION; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 67650222165     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855309X442990     Document Type: Article

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