As energy shortage is getting more serious, wind energy source is more promoted around
the world. Blade is a key component of wind turbine. Local breakages and/or contamination …

During naval construction, vessels are divided into various blocks or subunits that are
manufactured in different workshops and then carried to a building dock or shipway where …

The maintenance and inspection of large vertical structures with autonomous systems is still
an unsolved problem. A large number of different robots exist which are able to navigate on …

This paper presents a 3D graphic simulator for robot design (SIDIREST) that seeks to
facilitate the stages of conceptual design and preliminary design of a climbing robot …

A climbing robot is a robot capable of climbing vertical surfaces. This paper describes the
design and construction of a four-legged climbing robot. We need to design and build a …

Climbing Robots are being developed for applications ranging from cleaning to the
inspection of difficult to reach constructions. Climbing robots should be capable of carrying a …

In this article, a new wall-climbing robot platform with protection devices for city inspection is
developed. After an overall structural introduction, the main protection devices of the robot …

Purpose–The paper aims to develop a robot that climbs on non‐ferrous surfaces, eg aircraft
wings and fuselages, carrying a heavy payload up to 18 kg including scanning arm and …

State of the art climbing robots are highly sophisticated robotic devices that have been
engineered for one very specific task. This is one reason why climbing robots have not been …

In this paper, conception, design, modeling, and prototyping of a multi-task 4 DOF pole
climbing/manipulating robot are discussed. The hybrid serial/parallel mechanism, with 2 …