A perching mechanism for flying robots using a fibre-based adhesive

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 4433-4438

  Daler, Ludovic ^a   Klaptocz, Adam ^a   Briod, Adrien ^a   Sitti, Metin ^b   Floreano, Dario ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTACHMENT FORCES; DEPLOYABLE MECHANISMS; FLYING PLATFORMS; HIGH PRECISION CONTROL; HIGH-ENERGY IMPACT; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PROOF OF CONCEPT; VERTICAL SURFACE;

COMPLIANT MECHANISMS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; TEXTILE FIBERS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 84887307418     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2013.6631206     Document Type: Conference Paper

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