Figure1. 'X' shaped yoke with magnets of different thicknesses using SOLIDWORKS

Figure1. 'X' shaped yoke with magnets of different thicknesses using SOLIDWORKS

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Wall Climbing Robots (WCRs) have found extensive applications in the past decade in numerous engineering fields, however, the design of efficient adhesion mechanism for robots climbing on concrete surfaces remains a challenge and attracts research attention. This paper proposes various designs of magnetic adhesion mechanism for concrete surfaces an...

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