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AssigneeThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
InventorsAlan T. Asbeck, Sangbae Kim, Mark R. Cutkosky
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A biologically inspired climbing device with toes and spines is provided. The device has toes capable of moving independently from each other. Each toe distinguishes a compliant linkage, which has non-compliant parts and compliant parts. Spines are distributed over each of the toes. The spines have a diameter that is less than or equal to a diameter of an asperity of a surface. The toes with spines could be arranged into one or more feet. The feet could then be organized in legs enabling the device to climb a surface in a gait pattern. The device uses low power and is quiet, leaves no traces or tracks behind, works well on smooth, rough, uneven, porous and dirty surfaces, and is able to carry and support its own body weight.
A device for climbing on a surface or clinging onto said surface, comprising:
A climbing robot, comprising:
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