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In article <1992Jul20.145557.26830@cs.hw.ac.uk>, guanghua@cs.hw.ac.uk (Guanghua
Zhang) says:
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Don'tcha love the way it makes the citations so understandable???

>Does anybody know if there are any robots that can
>walk/climb on walls, i.e. something like the spiderman ?
>
I was looking through a book on robotics (may have been a textbook), and
I saw a picture and blurb about a wall climbing robot. I remember this:

"It had two legs and three feet on each leg. The first leg was anchored to
the center of the body, and the second was movable with respect to the body.
The feet were made of electro magnets, capable of supporting the robot..."

beyond that, I don't remember much. The robot was able to climb walls, and
was being designed for nautical purposes (climbing iron coral???). It was
about four or five feet in diameter, and looked a bit clumbsy (but looks can
be decieving). I'll look around for the book, but I put it down, I can't quite
remember where I got it from, and I don't remember the title. But if it happens
to find me, I'll give you a ring (buzz, click, beep, etc.).

>How difficult to design such a robot ?

Hold on a sec. I'll should have it done by lunchtime.   :-)

 -- Sal Desiano


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