Robot Name: Beta Master ("Beta" is the advice climbers give to one another on how to complete a route)

Your Name: Michelle Berecz

Robot Description: Climbing is a sport that has stolen my heart. I generally stick to the safety of boulders and rock, although I’ve wondered what it would be like to dig into ice. Luckily, I am proposing a robot to make the ascent before me. As ice will be difficult to test/work with, the bot will climb a slab of foam using the same principles of ice climbing with his hands and feet as his “ice” picks. The slab will sit around 20-30 degrees from vertical (to give the robot a bit of traction) and be roughly 3 feet high. The general motion will be much like a “pull-up”.The arms will pierce the foam, pull-up, then a separate set of stabilizing legs will hold Beta Master's position while the arms reset for another pull-up.

Robot Website: http://bereczgator.googlepages.com/iceclimberbot