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Design of a robust stair-climbing compliant modular robot to tackle overhang on stairs

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In this article, the concept and parameter design of a robust stair-climbing compliant modular robot, capable of tackling stairs with overhangs, is discussed, along with establishing a concept design, the robust design parameters are set to minimize performance variations.
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This paper discusses the concept and parameter design of a robust stair-climbing compliant modular robot, capable of tackling stairs with overhangs. Geometry modifications of the periphery of the wheels of our robot helped in tackling overhangs. Along with establishing a concept design, the robust design parameters are set to minimize performance variations. The Grey-based Taguchi method is applied to provide an optimal setting for the design parameters of the robot. The robot prototype is shown to have successfully scaled stairs of varying dimensions, with overhang, thus corroborating the analysis performed.

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Design, Modeling, and Control of a New Manipulating Climbing Robot Through Infrastructures Using Adaptive Force Control Method

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TrussBot: Modeling, Design, and Control of a Compliant, Helical Truss of Tetrahedral Modules

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Automated Rocker Rover for Terrain Surface Surveillance

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Design, modeling, and manufacturing of a novel robust gripper-based climbing robot: KharazmBot

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The use of grey relational analysis in solving multiple attribute decision-making problems

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Reliable stair climbing in the simple hexapod 'RHex'

TL;DR: An open loop controller is described that enables a small robot to reliably climb a wide range of regular, full-size stairs with no operator input during stair climbing.
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