They create a Spot-style robot capable of climbing vertical walls. What applications could it have?
Robotics is exceeding all expectations. Over time we have been able to verify all kinds of unit projects capable of performing multiple functions. From a robot or vacuum cleaner with autonomous functions to humanoid projects. Companies like Boston Dynamics have managed to establish important advances and a good proof of this is to see how their quintessential quadruped robot is now capable of combing areas in patrol mode. Today, however, we want to show you as another robot framed within the range of dog-type robots has drawn attention for its dynamic qualities.
Who was going to say that at this point we were going to see a quadruped capable of climbing walls with great ease? This research project is in a development phase and, despite this, it already has an amazing ability to climb at a right angle. climb walls has become a hallmark of this technology and, without a doubt, it is expected that practical applications of great interest can be developed over the next few months. This curious robot dog is described, in robotics jargon, as Spider-Man’s robot dog.
Let’s see, therefore, what are the most outstanding characteristics of the technology developed by this robot, why it is a prototype that could enjoy many practical applications in the future and, of course, to what extent we are dealing with an innovation that could also be established in other research programs such as Spot, the famous Boston Dynamics robot dog.
This is how this incredible robot dog is able to climb vertical walls
As can be seen in the images below, this technology is capable of carrying out a whole series of movements that aim to climb a wall completely autonomously. It is also achieved without apparent effort, which demonstrates the great work that has gone into this innovation. Known colloquially as Spider-Man’s robot dog, it has been developed by a team of researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
Curiously, this technology is not content exclusively with knowing how to scale a completely vertical wall. We are facing a robotic unit capable of enjoying tours of the roof, which makes it a differential and unique alternative in this sector. There is certainly a certain trick to these types of moves. According to information from TechEblog, this robot uses magnetic elastomers and electromagnets in his feet to allow the magnetization and demagnetization to the taste of the artificial intelligence that it equips. Thanks to this curious synchronization, it is possible to carry out these curious ascents.
MARVEL, which is what the prototype that has been created for this function is called, has been able to be anchored to walls with theoretically low-adherence surfaces, a quality that allows us to verify how we find ourselves before a differential technology. Even so, a very outstanding job has been carried out in the field of body innovation, since it has been specifically designed to improve weight distribution. In this way, it is possible to make upward movements as a greater security.
It is not expected that in the medium or long term commercialization of this innovation takes place, but multiple potential applications have been uncovered. Be that as it may, this technology could be available in other robotic units in the medium term with the aim of reaching compromised spaces or simply introducing additional solutions to the models that are still being created. We will have to wait a while, therefore, to see if this innovation has a great future ahead of it or if, on the contrary, the project remains hidden in a drawer.