A wide range of dangerous and special tasks have witnessed the applications of wall-
climbing robots, but they still cannot adapt well torough or sloping walls. This paper …

Abstract The High Mobility Inchworm Climbing Robot (HMICRobot), capable of traversing
diaphragms between sections and performing internal inspections of steel box girder …

Robotic control is a fundamental part of autonomous robots. Modular legged and climbing
robots are complex machines made up of a variety of subsystems, ranging from a single …

Automation is beneficial when implemented in challenging environments requiring less
human effort or reducing human effort. Employee safety is a concern to increase productivity …

Climbing robots play an essential role in performing inspection work in civil infrastructures.
These tasks require autonomous robots with competitive costs and the ability to adapt to …

This survey article highlights the difficulties in the field maintenance of telecommunication
towers. It critically analyses the main features of the deployment of robots to maintain …

To enable the capacity of climbing robots to work on steep surfaces, especially on inverted
surfaces, is a fundamental but challenging task. This capacity can extend the reachable …

This paper introduces an innovative and streamlined design of a robot, resembling a bicycle,
created to effectively inspect a wide range of ferromagnetic structures, even those with …

Biped climbing robots can move and work in three-dimensional steel structures, but are
extremely sensitive to the weight, size, and adsorption performance of the devices attached …

Integrating wheeled and legged locomotion modes is an effective approach for climbing
robots improving their mobility. In this paper, we developed a novel wheel-leg hybrid …