This study presents the design and sequential control strategies of a novel lightweight
climbing robot. The quadruped robot with a left–right and front–hind symmetric insect-type …

Exploring Mars is beneficial to increasing our knowledge, understanding the possibility of
ancient microbial life there, and discovering new resources beyond the Earth to prepare for …

This paper presents a gripper capable of grasping and recognizing terrain shapes for mobile
robots in extreme environments. Multi-limbed climbing robots with grippers are effective on …

This paper presents an open-sourced MATLAB simulation and analysis platform dedicated
to legged climbing robots. This simulator enables the design of any limbed robotic system as …

Salient object ranking is a visual task that aims to mimic the human visual system's ability to
prioritize various salient objects in complex scenes. It integrates various computer vision …

We have been developing a limed climbing robot that can traverse uneven challenging
terrains such as the inside of the Lunar skylight. The robot can climb cliffs by grasping …

抄録 Currently, while a wide variety of experiments are being conducted at the International
Space Station (ISS), it is also necessary to constantly perform the daily routines to maintain …

抄録 Intra-Vehicular mobile robots are expected to assist astronauts in their work on the
International Space Station (ISS) or future lunar gateway. Since such robots are required to …

抄録 Mobile robots that perform variable missions on behalf of humans are essential in
extreme environments such as disaster sites, volcanoes, and space. On cliffs, cave surfaces …

抄録 This paper presents the gripping characteristics of a passive spine gripper for multi-
limbed free-climbing robots in extreme terrain. Although the gripper is mechanically-simple …