Climbing robots are designed to conduct tasks that may be dangerous for humans working
at height. In addition to improving safety, they can also increase task efficiency and reduce …

This review paper provides a detailed overview of the advancements and identifies pivotal
challenges in the realm of autonomous load-carrying mobile robots, with a particular focus …

Mobile robots with multi locomotion modes have excellent terrain adaptability. However,
traditional multi-locomotion mobile robots are usually actuated by a large number of motors …

Wall-climbing drones have many applications, including structural health monitoring of civil
structures, such as bridges and high-rise buildings, cleaning of solar panels to improve …

Task performed at a height, such as wall inspections are one of the dangerous tasks for
humans. Thus, robotic technology for safety inspection is required. This research focuses on …

The impact-echo (IE) acoustic inspection method is a non-destructive evaluation technique,
which has been widely applied to detect the defects, structural deterioration level, and …

In this article, we present a ceiling-mounted mobile robot, HanGrawler, with high-speed
mobility and the ability to freely select and adjust its route under a ceiling plate. HanGrawler …

A design and manufacturing method is described for creating a motor tendon–actuated soft
foam robot. The method uses a castable, light, and easily compressible open-cell …

In this article, the adhesion modeling and control case of a Vortex Climbing Robot (VCR) is
investigated against a surface of variable orientations. The critical adhesion force exerted …

The presented work investigates the potential of utilizing commercially available Electric
Ducted Fans (EDFs) as adhesion actuators, while providing a novel insight on the analysis …