Adhesion techniques for climbing robots: State of the art and experimental considerations

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 6-28

  Longo, Domenico ^a   Muscato, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; MOBILE ROBOTS;

BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; GRIPPING METHODS; MECHANICAL SUPPORT; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; REAL APPLICATIONS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STATE OF THE ART; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

ADHESION;

EID: 84892471337     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812835772_0003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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