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Stickybot
@ MIT - Biomimetic Robotics Lab
- Stickybot is a quadruped robot capable of climbing smooth
surfaces, such as glass, acrylic and whiteboard using directional adhesive.
The design is mostly inspired by morphologic study of the best climber,
Gecko lizard. The robot is operated by 12 servo motors controlled by PIC
controller with force sensors. Stickybot is the incarnation of biomimetic
design constituents that I invented, including underactuated hierarchical
system, cable driven actuation and passive compliance-based force control
scheme. I initiated and designed this robot for testing of synthetic gecko
dry adhesion April 2005. After an year's furious effort on foot design,
push-pull cable actuation mechanism, Stickybot succeeded to climb glass
surface reliably.
SpaceClimber
@ University of Bremen
- The goal of the "SpaceClimber" project is the development
of a biologically inspired, energy-efficient and adaptively free-climbing
robot for steep slopes. This project builds on the experience of the ARAMIES
project (DLR Grant No. 50JR0561 & ESA Contract No. 18116/04/NL/PA)and the
SCORPION project (DARPA Grant No. N0014-99-1-0483 & NASA-USRA Grant No.
8008-003-002-01). SpaceClimber should prove that walking robotic systems
present a solution for future missions on difficult terrain, in particular
missions in craters or rock fissures. The robotic system that we intend to
develop should be able to conquer irregular slopes of up to 80% and should
be in a position to navigate with local autonomy using built-in sensors.
Snake Bot
@ Carnegie Mellon University
- Snake robots can use their many internal degrees of
freedom to thread through tightly packed volumes accessing locations that
people and machinery otherwise cannot use. Moreover, these highly
articulated devices can coordinate their internal degrees of freedom to
perform a variety of locomotion capabilities that go beyond the capabilities
of conventional wheeled and the recently developed legged robots. The true
power of these devices is that they are versatile, achieving behaviors not
limited to crawling, climbing, and swimming.
SentryBot II
@ University of Bremen
- Based on an autonomous security robot developed at the
DFKI, a cooperating robot system will be built. The prototype of the
existing SentryBot is equipped with motion detectors based on radar and
infrared, as well as with a camera. Currently, four such robots equipped
with recharging units are being constructed for the surveillance of the
Bremen Robotics Lab. Based on experience gained with our SentryBot study, a
larger model has been developed which may be used outdoors and in areas
which are more difficult to get to (i.e. staircases) and which features an
infrared camera as well as a zoom camera.
Spiderbot II: A climbing robot for industrial inspection @ University of Catania
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Spiderbot II is a new climbing robot developed in cooperation with
Automation Service srl, in the framework of a regional research project.
The aim of the project is to realize a prototype of climbing robot, able
to work in harsh industrial environment. The robot can perform NDI (Non
Destructive Inspection) using different moving video cameras and other
sensors (like gas sensor), while a remote operator can drive the robot
and read on-board sensors from a base station placed in a safe area. The
video cameras images are sent over an analog RF channel in the 2.4GHz
band. The main structure of the robot is based on the same principle of
the Spiderbot robot (developed in past research activities) and is
composed by two sliding frames pneumatically actuated. The internal
frame can slide and rotate with respect the external one. Each frame has
four standard suction cup for adhesion to any kind of non-porous
surfaces with medium-low roughness. The suction cup are suited for harsh
environment like oily, scratched or dusty surfaces. Moreover they are
also pneumatically actuated, to allow robot steps. The entire structure
is built aluminum alloy and weights about 20 kg. The actual payload is
about 5 kg. With respect to the Spiderbot project, the new system has
been better designed as regards gripping and payload specification.
Moreover robustness of the communication protocol over an RS485 channel
between robot and base station has been improved.