Underwater welding robots play a crucial role in addressing challenges such as low
efficiency, suboptimal performance, and high risks associated with underwater welding …

Abstract Wall Climbing Robots (WCRs) represent the proliferation in the field of robotics.
Research on wall-climbing robots has led to significant advancements in various …

Abstract The High Mobility Inchworm Climbing Robot (HMICRobot), capable of traversing
diaphragms between sections and performing internal inspections of steel box girder …

Motivated by practical applications of inspection and maintenance, we have developed a
wall-climbing robot with passive compliant mechanisms that can autonomously adapt to …

At present, a large number of magnetic wall-climbing robots are applied to various
magnetically conductive metal facades for detection and anti-corrosion work. Limited by the …

Gravitational forces can induce deviations in body posture from desired configurations in
multi-legged arboreal robot locomotion with low leg stiffness, affecting the contact angle …

The hexapod wall climbing robots have the advantages of traversing complex wall surfaces.
To traverse complex environments autonomously, it must possess the capability to select …

This Special Issue of the Robotica is on recent advances in field and service robotics with a
focus on the use of robotic and autonomous technologies to handle tasks in harsh …

In response to problems such as insufficient adhesion, difficulty in adjustment, and weak
obstacle-crossing capabilities in traditional robots, an innovative design has been …

This paper details the design and preliminary demonstrations for a compact climbing robot
named EEWOC (Extended-reach Enhanced Wheeled Orb for Climbing). This novel platform …