Optimal force distribution for tethered climbing robots in unstructured environments

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 5 B, Issue , 2002, Pages 1135-1144

  Hong, Dennis W ^a   Cipra, Raymond J ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Climbing robots; Force distribution; Mobile robots; Tethered robots; Unstructured environments

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; KINEMATICS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTICS;

FORCE DISTRIBUTION;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 85088337610     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2002/mech-34335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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