A Low-Cost, Light-Weight Climbing Robot for Inspection of Class Curtains

A Low-Cost, Light-Weight Climbing Robot for Inspection of Class Curtains

This paper presents design of a climbing robot for inspection of glass curtain walls. The double-chamber structure enables the robot to climb over grooves on the glasses. In order to reduce the weight, both number and shape of the chambers are specially considered, and the pressure structure is opti...

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Main Authors: Ran Liang, Meteb Altaf, Eball Ahmad, Rong Liu, Ke Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-07-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5772/58710
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spelling doaj-0c1feda5ba5747738edecb4d1d3c500e2020-11-25T03:43:31ZengSAGE PublishingInternational Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems1729-88142014-07-011110.5772/5871010.5772_58710A Low-Cost, Light-Weight Climbing Robot for Inspection of Class CurtainsRan Liang0Meteb Altaf1Eball Ahmad2Rong Liu3Ke Wang4 Robotics Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang university, Beijing, China National Robotics & Intelligent Systems center King AbdulAziz City for Science and Technology Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia National Robotics & Intelligent Systems center King AbdulAziz City for Science and Technology Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Robotics Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang university, Beijing, China Arts et Métiers ParisTech Design, Manufacturing and Control Laboratory (LCFC), Paris, FranceThis paper presents design of a climbing robot for inspection of glass curtain walls. The double-chamber structure enables the robot to climb over grooves on the glasses. In order to reduce the weight, both number and shape of the chambers are specially considered, and the pressure structure is optimized by FEA method. The statics models of different adsorption situations are also analyzed and deduced for the operational safety. In addition, design of the working arm and the wireless control system are introduced in detail. Finally, experiments of the robot are illustrated, including adsorption on different surfaces, vertical and horizontal groove-crossing as well as glass inspection. These experiments fully prove the theoretical analysis and demonstrate the climbing performance of the robot.https://doi.org/10.5772/58710
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author Ran Liang
Meteb Altaf
Eball Ahmad
Rong Liu
Ke Wang
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Rong Liu
Ke Wang
A Low-Cost, Light-Weight Climbing Robot for Inspection of Class Curtains
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Meteb Altaf
Eball Ahmad
Rong Liu
Ke Wang
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title A Low-Cost, Light-Weight Climbing Robot for Inspection of Class Curtains
title_short A Low-Cost, Light-Weight Climbing Robot for Inspection of Class Curtains
title_full A Low-Cost, Light-Weight Climbing Robot for Inspection of Class Curtains
title_fullStr A Low-Cost, Light-Weight Climbing Robot for Inspection of Class Curtains
title_full_unstemmed A Low-Cost, Light-Weight Climbing Robot for Inspection of Class Curtains
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publisher SAGE Publishing
series International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
issn 1729-8814
publishDate 2014-07-01
description This paper presents design of a climbing robot for inspection of glass curtain walls. The double-chamber structure enables the robot to climb over grooves on the glasses. In order to reduce the weight, both number and shape of the chambers are specially considered, and the pressure structure is optimized by FEA method. The statics models of different adsorption situations are also analyzed and deduced for the operational safety. In addition, design of the working arm and the wireless control system are introduced in detail. Finally, experiments of the robot are illustrated, including adsorption on different surfaces, vertical and horizontal groove-crossing as well as glass inspection. These experiments fully prove the theoretical analysis and demonstrate the climbing performance of the robot.
url https://doi.org/10.5772/58710
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