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A space elevator system consists of a main long rope called as the tether, a climber that is a main basket in which people board on, space stations and so on roughly and many technologies must be developed in each element. Among the elements, we focus on a development of a climber using our research know-how concerning robotics and control. A present ordinary elevator that is used in a building is hanged by a long steel rope and is moved by taking up the rope with a large motor attached on the top or the bottom of the building. However, a climber of the space elevator must climb up the long tether by itself with driving wheels attached on the climber. Moreover, the climber must have not only driving motors but also power source, a control system and son on inside. In this presentation, we show our constructed prototype climber model of the space elevator and fundamental experiment results. The climber model has two independent driving wheels for the climb up the long tether straightly and will make brief stops at some target positions supposed as space stations.
