Climbing
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The Lunar Europe Nova climbing wall is part art and part sport.
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A team of engineering students has created a working Batman-inspired, grappling hook-shooting, power winch-equipped wall-scaling device.
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MTN Approach skis are folding skis designed to get snowboarders uphill.
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Guests at Germany's Waldseilgarten adventure mountain resort can spend the night hanging off the tree tops, suspended over a cliff face or within a hand built igloo.
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Researchers at Simon Fraser University Burnaby (SFU) claim to be the first to apply the gecko's wall-climbing technique to a robot that operates like a tank.
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With feet modeled on the intricate design of gecko toes, engineers at Stanford University have create a robot that can climb smooth surfaces including a wall of slick glass.
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ROCR is a wall-climbing robot that climbs efficiently by using the momentum of a tail that swings like a grandfather clock’s pendulum.
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The next-generation Powered Rope Ascender is lighter, smaller, more functional than its predecessor and includes a removable, rechargeable battery to allow warfighters to ascend and descend vertical surfaces at high speeds.
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The ClimbStation is a vertical treadmill that provides climbing without a safety harness because you never got more than a metre off the ground. It tilts between +15 degrees and -39 degrees, and it can be transported with a normal car trailer.