Abstract
Increasing aged people who needs nursery care, shortage of care-giver is getting serious. Robot technology is one of the most promising solutions for this problem. Mobility is one of the most important functions for household works. However, it is not easy to move in houses usually, because there are inevitably obstacles on the floor (steps, clothes, etc.) and the environment is not flat. This paper proposes a simple and feasible indoor robot system that consists of a wall traversing platform and robot arm. The platform is designed to grip commercially available handle rail for adherence to the wall. The design of traversing mechanism and basic experiments are shown.
