This year’s ARC (Aerial Robotics Control) projects features a robot, hanging from a ferromagnetic ceiling, able to support itself and move horizontally through the repetitive act of launching an electromagnet-tipped appendage at the ceiling and detaching another once the first is secured. Through doing so a series of times, the robot is able to effectively translate parallel to the ceiling through this series of angled launches.
Additional analysis done on gear
Additional analysis done on gear