3 accepted papers
This letter presents CCRobot-IV, the fourth version of a climbing robot designed for bridge cable-inspection tasks. CCRobot-IV inherits design features from the previous CCRobot series, and has improved capability for crossing cables with obstacles such as helical ribs, small metal accessories, and
This paper presents CCRobot-V, the fifth version of CCRobot, a cooperative serial multi-robot system for bridge cable inspection and maintenance that uses silkworm-like locomotion to climb the entire length of super-long stay cable at high speeds while carrying heavy inspection/maintenance equipment…
A Flying-type cable climbing robot, CCRobot-IV-F, is presented in this paper. It is a climbing precursor of the fourth version of CCRobot, designed to surpass the abilities of previous robots with high climbing speed and obstacle-crossing capability. CCRobot-IV-F weighs less than 10 kg and a no-load…