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OT-2026-000003364

Climbing robot

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Robotics & Automation › Robot Architectures
Inventors
EKLUND WAYNE D, KERLEY JAMES J, MAY EDWARD L
Assignee
US ARMY
Original source
US-5257669-A, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2 November 1993
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A mobile robot for traversing any surface consisting of a number of interconnected segments, each interconnected segment having a first "U" frame member, a second "U" frame member, a compliant joint between the first "U" frame member and the second "U" frame member, a number of linear actuators between the two frame members acting to provide relative displacement between the frame members, a foot attached to the second "U" frame member for adherence of the segment to the surface, an inter-segment attachment attached to the first "U" frame member for interconnecting the segments, a power source connected to the linear actuators, and a computer/controller for independently controlling each linear actuator in each interconnected segment such that the mobile robot moves in a caterpillar like fashion.

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Abstract

A mobile robot for traversing any surface consisting of a number of interconnected segments, each interconnected segment having a first "U" frame member, a second "U" frame member, a compliant joint between the first "U" frame member and the second "U" frame member, a number of linear actuators between the two frame members acting to provide relative displacement between the frame members, a foot attached to the second "U" frame member for adherence of the segment to the surface, an inter-segment attachment attached to the first "U" frame member for interconnecting the segments, a power source connected to the linear actuators, and a computer/controller for independently controlling each linear actuator in each interconnected segment such that the mobile robot moves in a caterpillar like fashion.

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OpenTechnical Publication OT-2026-000003364, “Climbing robot,” published September 15, 2026 at 20:16:46 UTC, https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000003364.

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