wall crawler

See also: wallcrawler and wall-crawler

English

Alternative forms

• wall-crawler
• wallcrawler

Etymology

wall +‎ crawler

Noun

wall crawler (plural wall crawlers)

1. something which adheres to and crawls upon vertical surfaces
   • 1995 September 23, Vincent Kiernan, “Send in the robots”, in New Scientist‎^[1], volume 147, →ISSN, page 36:

     The wall crawler will also take ultrasound readings to reveal pits and cracks beneath the surface of the steel walls.

   • 2004, “Remote Testing of Underground High Level Radioactive Waste Storage Tanks”, in Materials Evaluation, volume 62, American Society for Nondestructive Testing, →ISSN, page 917:

     The wall crawler... is a commercially available crawler, which attaches to the steel tank wall through strong, permanent magnetic wheels.

   • 2009 March 3, Nick Turse, The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives‎^[2], New York: Metropolitan Books, →ISBN, page 243:

     This weaponized wall crawler, assumedly capable of creeping into some 2025 apartment window in Baghdad, Beruit, or Kerachi "carrying a combat load," definitely is not meant to be your friendly neighborhood Spiderman.