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The magnetic force developed by permanent magnets depends heavily on the following factors:
1-Distance
between magnet and object (the force decays very rapidly with the distance). 2- Material of object of magnetic attraction(there is a loss of 30% of the magnetic force if the surface where the robot moves is built of construction steel). 3- Surface area of the object of magnetic attraction. 4- Di-rection of the force. 5- Thickness of the object of magnetic attraction.
Given these considerations, was assumed the rather unfavorable situation that on normal robot operating conditions the magnet would only develop approximately 10% of the maximum possible force.
Reference
A climbing robot paper made by 'Knowledge Engineering and Decision Support Research Center ,Institute of Engineering - Polytechnic of Porto'