A Robot that Climbs Walls using Micro-structured Polymer Feet

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 131-138

  Daltorio, Kathryn A ^a   Gorb, Stanislav ^b   Peressadko, Andrei ^b   Horchler, Andrew D ^a   Ritzmann, Roy E ^c   Quinn, Roger D ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

small insect inspired adhesive wall climbing robots

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; MICROROBOTS; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

COMPACT ROBOTS; NOVEL ADHESIVES; SMALL ROBOTS; STRUCTURED POLYMERS; VERTICAL SURFACE; WALKING ROBOTS; WALL CLIMBING ROBOT;

ADHESIVES;

EID: 84881134685     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26415-9_15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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