Biorobotics: Using robots to emulate and investigate agile locomotion

AJ Ijspeert - science, 2014‏ - science.org
The graceful and agile movements of animals are difficult to analyze and emulate because
locomotion is the result of a complex interplay of many components: the central and …

Design and technical development of wall-climbing robots: A review

Y Fang, S Wang, Q Bi, D Cui, C Yan - Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2022‏ - Springer
Once working at heights is dangerous, it is a significant accident. These accidents brought
substantial economic losses and caused a large number of casualties. Therefore, it is …

Review of underwater ship hull cleaning technologies

C Song, W Cui - Journal of marine science and application, 2020‏ - Springer
This paper presents a comprehensive review and analysis of ship hull cleaning
technologies. Various cleaning methods and devices applied to dry-dock cleaning and …

Inverted and vertical climbing of a quadrupedal microrobot using electroadhesion

SD De Rivaz, B Goldberg, N Doshi, K Jayaram… - Science Robotics, 2018‏ - science.org
The ability to climb greatly increases the reachable workspace of terrestrial robots,
improving their utility for inspection and exploration tasks. This is particularly desirable for …

Climbing robots for maintenance and inspections of vertical structures—A survey of design aspects and technologies

D Schmidt, K Berns - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2013‏ - Elsevier
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 …

A survey of climbing robots: Locomotion and adhesion

B Chu, K Jung, CS Han, D Hong - International journal of precision …, 2010‏ - Springer
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 …

Waalbot II: Adhesion recovery and improved performance of a climbing robot using fibrillar adhesives

MP Murphy, C Kute, Y Mengüç… - … International Journal of …, 2011‏ - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

Whole body adhesion: hierarchical, directional and distributed control of adhesive forces for a climbing robot

S Kim, M Spenko, S Trujillo… - … on Robotics and …, 2007‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe the design and control of a new bio-inspired climbing robot designed to scale
smooth vertical surfaces using directional adhesive materials. The robot, called Stickybot …

A survey of wall climbing robots: recent advances and challenges

S Nansai, RE Mohan - Robotics, 2016‏ - mdpi.com
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 …

Adhesion and anisotropic friction enhancements of angled heterogeneous micro-fiber arrays with spherical and spatula tips

MP Murphy, B Aksak, M Sitti - Journal of Adhesion Science and …, 2007‏ - Taylor & Francis
Angled polyurethane fiber arrays are modified by adding soft spherical and spatula shaped
tips via dip**. These fibers are characterized for adhesion and friction and compared with …