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OwnerJames Walter Beard, III, David Andrew Bryant +1inventors
InventorsJames Walter Beard, III, David Andrew Bryant, Stephen Lee Canfield
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A Mobile Climbing Robot (MCR) with wheel or endless-track type propulsion using magnetic attraction for generating adhering forces is adapted to climbing non-planar surfaces such as intersecting walls, pipes or other structural members. A tether is connected to the MCR through a tether linkage that causes the tether to bend with a radius that keeps it from protruding outside of the MCR wheels. The purpose of this is to increase the mobility when passing over variations of the climbing surface such as edges or corners. The purpose is to further protect the tether from wear caused by rubbing with the climbing surface.
1) A magnetic-based climbing robot for traversing a climbing surface and can accommodate variations in geometry of the climbing surface such as edges and corners comprising,
5) A suction-based climbing robot for traversing a climbing surface and can accommodate variations in geometry of the climbing surface such as edges and corners comprising,
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