cy-mag^3D

Francesco Mondada, Pierre Noirat, Frédéric Rochat, Patrick Schoeneich

Technical specifications

Class Inspection robot Size and Weight 28 mm diameter, 62 mm large, 83 g Degrees of Freedom 2: wheels (2) Sensors infraread proximity (2) Energy and Autonomy 1 Li-Ion batteries, 1 hour autonomy Special Abilities Patented magnetic adhesion system Software Dedicated software Projects Inspection systems

Presentation

Cy-mag^3D is a miniature climbing robot with advanced mobility and magnetic adhesion. It is very compact: a cylindrical shape with 28 mm of diameter and 62 mm of width. Its design is very simple: two wheels, hence two degrees of freedom, and an advanced magnetic circuit. Despite its simplicity, Cy-mag^3D has an amazing mobility on ferromagnetic sheets. From a horizontal sheet, it can make transition to almost any intersecting sheet from 10° to 360° - we baptize the last one surface flip. It passes inner and outer straight corners in any almost inclination of the gravity. Cy-mag^3D opens new possibilities to use mobile robots for industrial inspection with stringent size limitations, as found in generators. A patent is pending on this system and the paper describing the robot won the best paper award "innovation award 2010 - for practical innovation in the field of robotics" at Clawar 2010 in Nagoya.

In the news

Robot's Magnetic Design Attracts Industry.