Climbing in Alaska

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Divergence problem in Alaska

Eliminating the “divergence problem” at Alaska’s northern treeline M. Wilmking and J. Singh Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, Grimmer Strasse 88, Greifswald University, 17487 Greifswald, Germany Received: 3 June 2008 – Accepted: 5 June 2008 – Published: 11 June 2008 Correspondence to: M. Wilmking ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the Europea...

Climbing Strategy for a Flexible Tree Climbing Robot - Treebot

In this paper, we propose an autonomous tree climbing strategy for a novel tree climbing robot that is named Treebot. The proposed algorithm aims to guide Treebot in climbing along an optimal path by the use of minimal sensing resources. Inspired by inchworms, the algorithm reconstructs the shape of a tree simply by the use of tactile sensors. It reveals how the realization of an environment ca...

Climbing Robots in Natural Terrain

This paper presents a general framework for planning the quasi-static motion of climbing robots. The framework is instantiated to compute climbing motions of a three-limbed robot in vertical natural terrain. An example resulting path through a large simulated environment is presented. The planning problem is one of five fundamental challenges to the development of real robotic systems able to c...

Designing Digital Climbing Experiences through Understanding Rock Climbing Motivation

Interactive systems have been used successfully in sports to assist people in achieving their performance goals, however, we believe that some aspects are often overlooked. In this paper we focus on rock climbing and we examine existing work on climbing from varying fields, including sports science, psychology, and climbing literary works, in order to identify recurring motivational themes. In ...