Climbing robot

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1992-02-10

1993-11-02

Focarino, Margaret A.

Motor vehicles

Special driving device

901 1, B62D 57024, B25J 500

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052576698

ABSTRACT:
A mobile robot for traversing any surface consisting of a number of interconnected segments, each interconnected segment having a first "U" frame member, a second "U" frame member, a compliant joint between the first "U" frame member and the second "U" frame member, a number of linear actuators between the two frame members acting to provide relative displacement between the frame members, a foot attached to the second "U" frame member for adherence of the segment to the surface, an inter-segment attachment attached to the first "U" frame member for interconnecting the segments, a power source connected to the linear actuators, and a computer/controller for independently controlling each linear actuator in each interconnected segment such that the mobile robot moves in a caterpillar like fashion.

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NASA Tech Briefs, Dec. 1991, "The Climbing Robot".

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