Continuous path tracing by a cable-suspended, under-actuated robot: The winch-bot

A simple, under-actuated robotic winch, called the “Winch-Bot,” is developed for surface inspection of a large object. The Winch-Bot, placed over an object surface, has only one actuator for tracing a free geometric path in a vertical plane. The cable length is controlled in relation to the directio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cunningham, Daniel P., Asada, Harry
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77092
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3155-6223