Autor: |
Wentao Ma, Bo Li, Lei Jiang, Yehui Wu, Ruiyu Bai, Guimin Chen |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2024 |
Předmět: |
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Zdroj: |
Advanced Intelligent Systems, Vol 6, Iss 6, Pp n/a-n/a (2024) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2640-4567 |
DOI: |
10.1002/aisy.202300828 |
Popis: |
Cables are critical in engineering structures for load‐bearing, electronic connection, and mechanical transmission. Various cable‐crawling robots (CCRs) have been developed to perform scheduled inspection or convey supplies. Most existing CCRs are often actuated by motors and used in large‐scaled engineering structures. The heavy bodies of these CCRs can cause damage or even casualties once slippage or drop occurs. A small and lightweight CCR that can crawl on thin cables is highly demanded for safety inspection in narrow and confined inner spaces of engineering structures. Herein, a soft CCR (weight, 2.1 g; length, 43 mm) is developed by utilizing multilayered dielectric elastomer actuators. Compared with existing solutions, this CCR achieves crawling on thin cables (diameter: |
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