Dexterous energy-autarkic climbing robot

Advances in Mobile Robotics - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 525-532

  Brockmann, W ^a   Albrecht, S ^a   Borrmann, D ^a   Elseberg, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climbing robots; Energy autarky; Passive suction cups

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

CLIMBING ROBOTS; DEXTEROUS ROBOTS; ENERGY SUPPLIES; ENERGY-AUTARKY; LEGGED WALKING ROBOT; PAINTED SURFACES; RELEASE MECHANISM; SUCTION CUP;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 84886928448     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812835772_0063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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