Wall Climbing Robot With Scanning-Type Suction Cups II

 

General description of the walking machine project

Name of the walking machine/project:$Wall\; Climbing\; Robot\; With\; Scanning-Type\; Suction\; Cups\; II$
Begin and end of the Project:$1992-1994$
Project costs:$$
Building effort [person years]:$3$
Source of financial support:$Manufacturing\; Science\; and\; Technology\; Center,\; Japan$

Research group

Mechanism Division, Robotics Department

Staff of the project:

Tomoaki YANO

Information via www: http://www.mel.go.jp/soshiki/robot/undo/yano/yano.html

Contact address:

Tomoaki YANO, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory
Namiki 1-2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8564 Japan
Tel:+81-298-58-7278 Fax:+81-298-58-7275, Email: yano@mel.go.jp

Technical data of the walking machine

Dimension Capacity Mobility Energy supply

Length 0.435m Max. speed 1.5m/min Number of legs 2 Energy supply Vacuum pump, DC motor

Hight 0.267m Weight 8.5kg Act. degrees of freedom 3 Power supply Electric

Width 0.205m Load 2kg Pas. degrees of freedom 0 Power consumption 70Watt

References

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