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| Online Access: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.13672 |
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| author | Leuthard, Stefan Eugster, Timo Faesch, Nicolas Feingold, Riccardo Flynn, Connor Fritsche, Michael Hürlimann, Nicolas Morbach, Elena Tischhauser, Fabian Müller, Matthias Montenegro, Markus Schelbert, Valerio Chiu, Jia-Ruei Arm, Philip Hutter, Marco |
| author_facet | Leuthard, Stefan Eugster, Timo Faesch, Nicolas Feingold, Riccardo Flynn, Connor Fritsche, Michael Hürlimann, Nicolas Morbach, Elena Tischhauser, Fabian Müller, Matthias Montenegro, Markus Schelbert, Valerio Chiu, Jia-Ruei Arm, Philip Hutter, Marco |
| contents | Climbing robots hold significant promise for applications such as industrial inspection and maintenance, particularly in hazardous or hard-to-reach environments. This paper describes the quadrupedal climbing robot Magnecko, developed with the major goal of providing a research platform for legged climbing locomotion. With its 12 actuated degrees of freedom arranged in an insect-style joint configuration, Magnecko's high manipulability and high range of motion allow it to handle challenging environments like overcoming concave 90 degree corners. A model predictive controller enables Magnecko to crawl on the ground on horizontal overhangs and on vertical walls. Thanks to the custom actuators and the electro-permanent magnets that are used for adhesion on ferrous surfaces, the system is powerful enough to carry additional payloads of at least 65 percent of its own weight in all orientations. The Magnecko platform serves as a foundation for climbing locomotion in complex three-dimensional environments. |
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| institution | arXiv |
| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | Magnecko: Design and Control of a Quadrupedal Magnetic Climbing Robot Leuthard, Stefan Eugster, Timo Faesch, Nicolas Feingold, Riccardo Flynn, Connor Fritsche, Michael Hürlimann, Nicolas Morbach, Elena Tischhauser, Fabian Müller, Matthias Montenegro, Markus Schelbert, Valerio Chiu, Jia-Ruei Arm, Philip Hutter, Marco Robotics Climbing robots hold significant promise for applications such as industrial inspection and maintenance, particularly in hazardous or hard-to-reach environments. This paper describes the quadrupedal climbing robot Magnecko, developed with the major goal of providing a research platform for legged climbing locomotion. With its 12 actuated degrees of freedom arranged in an insect-style joint configuration, Magnecko's high manipulability and high range of motion allow it to handle challenging environments like overcoming concave 90 degree corners. A model predictive controller enables Magnecko to crawl on the ground on horizontal overhangs and on vertical walls. Thanks to the custom actuators and the electro-permanent magnets that are used for adhesion on ferrous surfaces, the system is powerful enough to carry additional payloads of at least 65 percent of its own weight in all orientations. The Magnecko platform serves as a foundation for climbing locomotion in complex three-dimensional environments. |
| title | Magnecko: Design and Control of a Quadrupedal Magnetic Climbing Robot |
| topic | Robotics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.13672 |