Development of the Acroboter Service Robot Platform

The domestic robot platform Acroboter exploits a novel concept of ceiling based locomotion. The robot platform is designed to perform pick and place tasks as well as carry other service robots with lower mobility. The crane-like Acroboter platform extends the workspace of these robots to the whole cubic volume of the indoor environment by utilizing the almost obstacle free ceiling. We summarize the evolution of the structure of the robot, the dynamic modelling concept and the control strategy which are the results of concurrent engineering.