January 30, 2010
Wall Climbing Robots Do More by Amir Shapiro
In the previous article, we featured a wall climbing robot that's able to climb up a freely configurable wall unassisted. But as I did further research on these types of robots, I've realized how new robots could climb on either a smooth or a rough wall surfaces without having to configure their paths.
I love robots and if you watch this video here, I believe you would love them more.
These wall climbing bio-inspired robots were developed at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in Beersheba, Israel, by the same engineers who brought us the web slinging spider robot.
Israeli roboticist Amir Shapiro, lead the development of these four wall climbing robots namely the
1. A magnetic robot capable of climbing on metal surfaces;
2. A snail-inspired robot that secrets hot melt glue to stick to walls;
3. A robot that has 3M sticky tape on its wheels and can climb on smooth surfaces like a whiteboard or glass;
4. A four-legged wall bot that uses claws made of fishing hooks to climb rough surfaces like a cat or rodent.
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Written by: John
Filed Under: Microcontrollers, Robot Programming, Robotics, Robotics Sensors
Tags: 3m, Beersheba Israel, Ben Gurion University, Ben Gurion University Of The Negev, Fishing Hooks, Further Research, Hot Melt Glue, Metal Surfaces, Robots, Rodent, Rough Surfaces, Shapiro, Smooth Surfaces, Spider Robot, Sticky Tape, University Of The Negev, Wall Climbing Robot, Wall Surfaces, Wheels, Whiteboard
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dhaval
January 31, 2010 at 12:55 pm
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leader
January 31, 2010 at 12:59 pm
hey it is nice creative thinking, it is amazing one. this article is give us really good information and ideas how to add the wall climbing concept in to robots. nice thanks for your article
Rhonda
January 31, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Saw video.Great work.But i am wondering what could be the use of these robots in real life.umm i guess these robots could help us in rescue missions or may be to foil terrorist attacks as well.
mthz
January 31, 2010 at 1:13 pm
video is very nice and amazing. Robots make our life easier. innovative idea and useful article. thanks.
krishna
August 8, 2011 at 4:08 pm
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krishna
August 8, 2011 at 4:08 pm
i wants to make and learn robotics engg send me eBooks and tutorials of robots