ROCR is an oscillating climbing robot: dynamically climbing sheer walls with a pendular two-link mass-shifting robot

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Publication Type thesis
School or College College of Engineering
Department Mechanical Engineering
Author Jensen-Segal, Samuel I
Title ROCR is an oscillating climbing robot: dynamically climbing sheer walls with a pendular two-link mass-shifting robot
Date 2010-12
Description Driven by the need for lightweight, energy efficient, mission adaptable climbing robots, a new type of vertical wall climbing robot is developed. This thesis presents a novel bio-inspired dynamic climbing robot, with a recursive name: ROCR is an Oscillating Climbing Robot. ROCR is a pendular tow-link, serial chain robot that utilizes alternation hand-holds and an actuated tail to propel itself upward in a climbing style based on observation of human climbers and brachiating gibbons.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Bio-inspired; Brachiation; Climbing robots; Dynamic climbing; Energy efficiency; Mechatronics
Subject LCSH Mobile robots
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name MS
Language eng
Rights Management © Samuel I. Jensen-Segal
Format Medium application/pdf
Format Extent 20,170,020 bytes
Source Original in Marriott Library Special Collections, TJ7.5 2010 .J46
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61r756t