ROCR the swingin? wall-climbing robot

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Engineers have used a variety of techniques to create robots that can scale walls – “the Climber” uses a rolling seal, while the insect-like robots from SRI have caterpillar tracks with electro-adhesive properties. While such robots generally focus on speed, adhering to the wall and deciding how and when to move, the creators of a small robot named ROCR say it is the first wall-climbing robot to focus on climbing efficiently. And it does so by using the momentum of a tail that swings like a grandfather clock’s pendulum... Continue Reading ROCR the swingin’ wall-climbing robot

Tags: Autonomous, Climbing, Efficiency, Motion, Robot

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