Cleaning dirty spaces is a very important task for human beings to maintain their quality of
life. Recently, many high-rise buildings have been constructed, and their façades are easily …

The maintenance and inspection of large vertical structures with autonomous systems is still
an unsolved problem. A large number of different robots exist which are able to navigate on …

Climbing robots are robotic systems to move over 2D or complex 3D environments such as
walls, ceilings, roofs, and geometric structures and to conduct various tasks. They will not …

Climbing robots are now widely accepted as valid options in situations where it is important
to move on sloped or vertical structures in order to inspect, paint, clean or perform the …

This paper presents a wheeled wall-climbing robot with a shape-adaptive magnetic
adhesion mechanism for large steel structures. To travel up and down various curved …

In this paper we present the design and control strategies of a novel quadruped climbing
robot (named Magneto) with three degrees of freedom (3-DOF) actuated limbs and a 3-DOF …

Steel structures require inspection and maintenance tasks which are too dangerous for
human workers, due to the risk of falling from heights. These tasks can be safely performed …

Seagoing vessels have to undergo regular inspections, which are currently performed
manually by ship surveyors. The main cost factor in a ship inspection is to provide access to …

Maintenance of wind turbine farms is a huge task, with associated significant risks and
potential hazard to the safety and well-being of people who are responsible for carrying the …

In this paper, we present challenges and achievements in development and use of a
compact ultrasonic Phased Array (PA) module with signal processing and imaging …