Some of the greatest concerns in robotic designs have been the high center of gravity of the robot, the irregular or flat surface that the robot has to work on, the weight of the robot that has to handle heavy weights or use heavy forces, and the ability of the robot to climb straight up in the air. This climbing crawling robot handles these problems well with magnets, suction cups, or actuators. The cables give body to the robot and it performs very similar to a caterpillar. The computer program is simple and inexpensive as is the robot. One of the important features of this system is that the robot can work in pairs or triplets to handle jobs that would be extremely difficult for single robots. The light weight of the robot allows it to handle quite heavy weights. The number of feet give the robot many roots where a simple set of feet would give it trouble.


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    Title :

    Climbing Crawling Robot (A Unique Cable Robot for Space and Earth)


    Contributors:
    J. J. Kerley (author) / E. May (author) / W. Eklund (author)

    Publication date :

    1991


    Size :

    8 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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