With ever increasing global demand and depleting resources for fossil fuels, oil and gas
industry is now positively looking for advanced robotic solutions to increase their productivity …

In recent decades, skyscrapers, as represented by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and Shanghai
Tower in Shanghai, have been built due to the improvements of construction technologies …

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 …

Featured Application The proposed algorithm for painting large objects based on a nine-axis
UR5 robotic manipulator can be applicable in many automobile repair shops where paint …

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 …

Many applications call for robots to perform tasks in workspaces where traditional vehicles
cannot reach. Using robots to perform these tasks can afford better human safety as well as …

This paper presents the design and optimization of a wall-climbing robot along with the
incorporation of autonomous adhesion recovery and a motion planning implementation. The …

This paper proposes a small-scale agile wall-climbing robot, which is able to climb on
smooth vertical surfaces using flat adhesive elastomer materials for attachment. Using two …

Complete coverage navigation (CCN) requires a special type of robot path planning, where
the robots should pass every part of the workspace. CCN is an essential issue for cleaning …

This paper introduces Omniclimber, a new climbing robot with high maneuverability for
inspection of ferromagnetic flat and convex human made structures. In addition to …