CLAWAR highlights research progress on climbing and walking robots

Abstract

Purpose

Aims to review the Clawar 2005 conference on climbing and walking robots.

Design/methodology/approach

Selects key papers from the conference and presents a brief outline of the research undertaken and the conclusions reached.

Findings

Speakers told of the latest developments in humanoid robots; space applications; personal assistance robots; and NDT, security and surveillance. Sessions also covered innovations in sensing and sensor fusion; climbing, navigation and path planning, gait generation, manipulation; hopping and legged robots; flexible manipulators; and control.

Originality/value

Outlines trends in the development of climbing and walking robots.

Citation

Kochan, A. (2006), "CLAWAR highlights research progress on climbing and walking robots", Industrial Robot, Vol. 33 No. 2, pp. 112-116. https://doi.org/10.1108/01439910610651419