ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2024
Intelligent Rock-Climbing Robot Capable of Multimodal Locomotion and Hybrid Bioinspired Attachment.
Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Bioinspired Design for Space Robots: Enhancing Exploration Capability and Intelligence.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Zoborg: On-Demand Climbing Control for Cyborg Beetles.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Role of Tail Dynamics on the Climbing Performance of Gecko-Inspired Robots: A Simulation and Experimental Study.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Intelligent Rock-Climbing Robot Capable of Multimodal Locomotion and Hybrid Bioinspired Attachment.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Rock-climbing robots have significant potential in fieldwork and planetary exploration. However, they currently face limitations such as a lack of stability and adaptability on extreme terrains, slow locomotion, and single functionality. This study introduces a novel multimodal and adaptive rock-climbing robot (MARCBot), which addresses these limitations through spiny grippers that draw inspiration from morpho-functionalities observed in beetles, arboreal birds, and hoofed animals. This hybrid bioinspired design enables high attachment strength, passive adaptability to different terrains, and quick attachment on rock surfaces. The multimodal functionality of the gripper allows for attachment during climbing and support during walking. A novel control strategy using dynamics and quadratic programming (QP) optimizes attachment wrench distribution, reducing cost-of-transport by 20.03% and 6.05% compared to closed-loop inverse kinematic (CLIK) and virtual model control (VMC) methods, respectively. MARCBot achieved climbing speeds of 0.15 m min
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