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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"climbing robot"”.
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A controllably adhesive climbing robot using magnetorheological fluid
… effects of magnetorheological fluid for use in climbing robotics were experimentally measured and compared to existing cohesive failure fluid models of yield stress adhesion. These models were found to correlate with experimental results at yield stresses below 1.12 kPa. MR fluid samples …
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Design, Development, and Human Analogous Control of a Climbing Robot
In this thesis, a re-configurable wheeled climbing robot has been introduced. This robot is capable of doing a multitude of tasks that no other single robot could do in the past. It can climb staircases, move inside empty ducts and pipes, climb up ropes and poles of varying cross sections, and even …
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Design and Manufacturing of a Mecanum Wheel for the Magnetic Climbing Robot
… better performance and utilization by Helical Robotics. Mecanum Wheel is a complex "Omni-Directional" wheel that currently contains several drawbacks. The drawbacks include design, usage of hobby grade material, bumps in rollers, etc. A comprehensive design of the Mecanum wheel is being …
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Action module planning and Cartesian based control of an experimental climbing robot
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1997.
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Development of Electronics, Software, and Graphical User Control Interface for a Wall-Climbing Robot
… of a novel vacuum adhesion system for a wall-climbing robot. The design and implementation of custom electronics and a wirelessly controlled real-time software system used to define and support the functionalities of these electronics is discussed. The testing and evaluation of the overall …
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An analytical and experimental study of the simultaneous control of motion and force of a climbing robot
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1993.
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Efficient algorithms and a two-stage framework for autonomous exploration of complex 3D environments using a climbing robot
Enabling robots to autonomously explore complex 3D environments is crucial in facilitating the automation of many real-world tasks. There exist many algorithms for exploring unknown environments with autonomous robots. Most of these are restricted to the 2D case, or to cases where the robot can be …
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Modular robots for making and climbing 3-D trusses
A truss climbing robot has been extensively investigated because of its wide range of promising applications such as construction and inspection of truss structures. It is designed to have degrees of freedom to move in three-dimensional truss structures. Although many degrees of freedom allow the …
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Advancing Tendon-Driven Robotic Systems: From Climbing Robots to String Actuators
… mechanisms provide a range of benefits for robotic systems, particularly by allowing actuators to be mounted at the base of a manipulator and reducing its inertia. This thesis explores two projects that exploit and advance tendon-driven mechanisms: a wheeled-grasping hybrid climbing robot …
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Mechanical designs that explore the applicability of shape memory polymers
… tested as an initial process of creating a wall climbing robot that utilizes heated dry adhesives. Each modified and improved prototype introduced a higher possibility of achieving a fully functional climber as well as the inherent physical challenges that must be overcome.
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Dynamic wearable technology : designing and deploying small climbing robots for sensing and actuation on the human body
… concept of wearable devices as small autonomous robots that can move on and around the human body. Ecosystems in the natural world have static and dynamic organisms such as plants vs. animals. In our wearable ecosystem, all our current devices are static, thus limiting their functionality. Adding …
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Design and development of functional foot for agile and dynamic legged robots
… and machine learning techniques enable legged robots to move dynamically and agilely on the ground. However, the robots are still significantly restricted to accessing extreme terrains, such as steep hills and vertical walls, because of their lack of foot holding capability. In order to …
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The Design, Manufacture, and Testing of a Novel Adhesion System for a Climbing Vehicle
… the design and fabrication of a prototype wall-climbing vehicle employing a unique combined locomotion and adhesion system in which the adhesive vacuum is transmitted through moving, perforated treads. Implementing the adhesion/drive system involved a broad range of design challenges, including: …
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Design Space and Motion Development for a Pole Climbing Serpentine Robot Featuring Actuated Universal Joints
… To prevent such falls, the development of a robotic system is proposed that can climb and navigate on the complex structures, performing hazardous inspection and maintenance in place of humans. In this work, a serpentine robotic system is developed that will be able to climb pole-like …