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Purpose
Aims to review the Clawar 2005 conference on climbing and walking robots.
Design/methodology/approach
Selects key papers from the conference and presents a brief outline of the research undertaken and the conclusions reached.
Findings
Speakers told of the latest developments in humanoid robots; space applications; personal assistance robots; and NDT, security and surveillance. Sessions also covered innovations in sensing and sensor fusion; climbing, navigation and path planning, gait generation, manipulation; hopping and legged robots; flexible manipulators; and control.
Originality/value
Outlines trends in the development of climbing and walking robots.
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2006
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