---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000003364"
title: "Climbing robot"
published_at: "2026-09-15T20:16:46.809314Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000003364"
categories:
  - "robotics-automation/robot-architectures"
keywords:
  - "b62d57/024"
  - "b62d57/024"
  - "b25j5/00"
  - "b25j5/00"
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  - "b62d57/024"
---

# Climbing robot

## 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.

## 1. Drawings

[0001] Sheet 1.

[0002] Sheet 2.

[0003] Sheet 3.

[0004] Sheet 4.

[0005] Sheet 5.

[0006] Sheet 6.

[0007] Sheet 7.

[0008] Sheet 8.

[0009] Sheet 9.

[0010] Sheet 10.