Offshore wind turbines are subjected to highly-varying dynamic loadings and accelerated
material degradation, resulting in the need for structural health monitoring, which increases …

Climbing robots are designed to conduct tasks that may be dangerous for humans working
at height. In addition to improving safety, they can also increase task efficiency and reduce …

Although there have been notable advances in adhesive materials, the ability to program
attaching and detaching behavior in these materials remains a challenge. Here, we report a …

As an effort of automating the bridge inspection process, this paper presents a new
development of an adaptable tank-like robot, which can climb on steel structures to collect …

Inchworms use their morphology and evolved behaviors to crawl and climb various complex
surfaces. This has inspired the development of different robots that can demonstrate similar …

Exploration of artificial aggregation-induced emission luminogens (AIEgens) has garnered
extensive interest in the past two decades. In particular, AIEgens possessing natural …

Failure detection of high facilities always presents a tremendous challenge. Climbing-wall
robot with detection capacity has become a main approach. But owing to their limitations in …

Wall-to-wall transitions, attachment to various materials, and high payload capacity are
important requirements for high-rise building cleaning using robots. In this paper, we present …

The advanced robotic and automation (ARA) lab has developed and successfully
implemented a design inspired by many of the various cutting edge steel inspection robots …

Soft climbing robots have elicited widespread attention for their potential applications in
inspection, maintenance, and search and rescue tasks. However, these robots face …