Minimalistic, Dynamic, Tube Climbing Robot - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University

Minimalistic, Dynamic, Tube Climbing Robot

Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1100 - 1101, May, 2010

Abstract

This video shows the investigation of a novel minimalistic, dynamic climbing robot which can climb up tubes of different shapes using a simple dc motor. The motor moves an eccentric mass in a constant velocity. The location of the eccentric mass relative to the contact point determines the stability and the direction of the climbing motion. We present the analysis of this mechanism, simulation and experimental results.

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BibTeX

@conference{Degani-2010-10456,
author = {Amir Degani and Siyuan Feng and Howie Choset and Matthew T. Mason},
title = {Minimalistic, Dynamic, Tube Climbing Robot},
booktitle = {Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
year = {2010},
month = {May},
pages = {1100 - 1101},
keywords = {Miniature Climbing Robot, Tube Climbing},
}