1080pHAMR-E: electroadhesive crawling on engine walls
A centimetre-scale tethered robot uses electroadhesive feet to crawl on vertical, inverted and curved conductive surfaces.
Tethered climbing experimentsRead case
ROBOTS & TASKS
Crawling & climbing robots
Adhesion, locomotion and tools on engine walls and spacecraft surfaces.
Wyss Institute at Harvard UniversityPUBLIC CASES
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1080pSWARM: a concept for miniature inspection robots in engines
A proposed snake carrier would deploy and retrieve miniature crawlers to inspect surfaces beyond conventional borescope access.
System concept and locomotion prototypesRead case
Miniature robot for wall-to-wall transitions
Kirigami-inspired adhesive tracks and negative-pressure preload enable a miniature robot to transition between surfaces of varying curvature.
Experiments and engine-component testsRead case
720pMiniature climbing robot with active compliance
A unified active-compliance mechanism adapts to varied surfaces, with visual-inspection tests inside a decommissioned engine.
Experiments and decommissioned-engine testsRead case
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The tracked SOLO robot is deployed through a manhole to collect interior imagery for sewer assessment.
Manufacturer deployment demonstrationRead case
VideoLEMUR and gecko-inspired adhesion for spacecraft surfaces
Adhesion, locomotion and grasping studied on spacecraft-surface mock-ups and in microgravity tests.
Ground and simulated-microgravity validationRead case
JOURNAL
Research noteContact & manipulation
A small step on an engine wall
How HAMR-E uses electroadhesive feet to climb inside an engine section.
SELECTED SOURCES
PaperHarvard · HAMR-E · research paperInstitutional recordMeet the robotsPaperK-Track: A Kirigami-Inspired Tracked Robot With Negative Pressure Co-operative Adhesion for Wall-to-Wall TransitionPaperUnified active compliance enables miniature robots to traverse diverse surfacesInstitutional recordSOLO: Save Time, Save MoneyInstitutional recordGecko Grippers Moving On Up
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