Robots That Can Climb Walls

It is really fascinating that Robots can climb the walls that to any surface of walls like glass,brick,steel and wood. This robot is developed by the team in SRI's Mobile Robotics and Transducers Program.



BBC News has reported that this robot can scale surface using the same principles behind electrostatic charges, which make balloons stick to ceiling after being rubbed.Its track are made of elector-adhesive materials, when current is applied the track are attracted to the wall. This robot carries positive and negative charges and when wall sees this charge it automatically generate the opposite charge and attracts tracks to wall.



It is really small and can be controlled by remote. [BBC News]