Cy-mag3D: A simple and miniature climbing robot with advance mobility in ferromagnetic environment

Emerging Trends in Mobile Robotics- Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 383-391

  Rochat, Frederic ^a   Schoeneich, Patrick ^a   Luthi, Barthelemy ^a   Mondada, Francesco ^a   Bleuler, Hannes ^a   Moser, Roland ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ALSTOM SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climbing; Magnetic adhesion; Miniature; Mobile; Robot; Wheel

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOTS; WHEELS;

ADVANCED MOBILITIES; CLIMBING; FERROMAGNETIC SHEETS; INDUSTRIAL INSPECTIONS; MAGNETIC ADHESION; MINIATURE; MOBILE; TWO DEGREES OF FREEDOM;

MAGNETIC CIRCUITS;

EID: 84999678680     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1142/9789814329927_0048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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