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A Concept Selection Method for Designing Climbing Robots

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This paper presents a concept selection methodology, inspired by the Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI) model and Pugh's weighted matrix method, for designing climbing robots conceptually based on an up-to-date literature review. The proposed method is illustrated with a case study of ongoing research, the investigation of an adaptable and energetically autonomous climbing robot, in Loughborough University.

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Key Engineering Materials (Volume 649)

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22-29

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June 2015

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Jiang Long Guo*, Laura Justham, Michael Jackson, Robert Parkin

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Climbing Robot, Concept Design, Concept Selection Method

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