Abigaille II: Toward the development of a spider-inspired climbing robot

Robotica

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-89

  Li, Yasong ^a   Ahmed, Ausama ^a   Sameoto, Dan ^a,b   Menon, Carlo ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomimetic robots; Climbing robot; Design; Legged robots; Mechatronic systems

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE PATCHES; BIO-MIMETIC ROBOT; CLIMBING ROBOTS; DRY ADHESION; LEGGED ROBOTS; MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS; ROBOTIC PLATFORMS; TRIPOD GAIT; VERTICAL SURFACE;

ADHESION; BIOMIMETICS; DESIGN; MACHINE DESIGN;

ROBOTS;

EID: 80155189213     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: 14698668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574711000373     Document Type: Article

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