Stair climbing

About: Stair climbing is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1610 publications have been published within this topic receiving 30504 citations.

Virtual realization of automatic stair-climbing motion by leg-wheeled hybrid mobile robot

Abstract: We have already researched and realized some of the automatic control motions for eight leg-wheels hybrid stair climbing mobile robot, which was developed for aged and disabled person helping them moving freely in structured environment. However, the implementation of such control algorithm has to be carefully checked before carrying person on. In this paper, we discuss the efficiency of the control algorithm for stair climbing, slope, complex steps and simple obstacles; also, examine the reliability and safety based on the virtual platform built in OpenGL.

Deep Learning-Based Stair Segmentation and Behavioral Cloning for Autonomous Stair Climbing

Abstract: Mobile robots are widely used in the surveillance industry, for military and industrial applications. In order to carry out surveillance tasks like urban search and rescue operation, the ability to...

Model-Based Suppression Control for Liquid Vessels Carried by a Humanoid Robot While Stair-Climbing

Abstract: This paper presents a study to evaluate the effects of sloshing phenomena while a humanoid robot climbs stairs while carrying water containers. Currently humanoid robots can perform a wide range of tasks including handling tools, climbing ladders, and patrolling rough terrain. However, when it comes to manipulation of objects humanoids are fairly limited. This becomes more apparent when humanoids have to handle non-rigid objects. Although many full-sized humanoids cost an extensive amount of money, they fail to respond to common tasks during disaster relief such as delivering water to the victims or possible fires. After disasters such as Hurricane Maria, the need for humanoid robots to assist in these scenarios is becoming increasingly evident. In previous work the authors have developed an algorithm which allows the robot to walk while carrying water buckets. Experiments conducted use the full-sized humanoid DRC-Hubo as an experimental platform. Moreover, a sloshing reduction controller is implemented in order to suppress rocking disturbances. The system was integrated via ROS (Robot Operating System). Additionally, the sloshing reduction was evaluated based on sensor data evaluation.

Hand truck with stair climbing shoe

Abstract: This invention relates to a hand truck and particularly to a mechanism incorporated therein to not only protect the forward edges of the treads upon stairways, but also to facilitate the lifting of the truck from one tread to the next. A primnary 6bject of the invention is to provide a truck...