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Locomotion realization of an autonomous climbing robot for elliptic half-shell cleaning

  • Houxiang Zhang*
  • , Wei Wang
  • , Rong Liu
  • , Jianwei Zhang
  • , Guanghua Zong
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Hamburg
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

Currently the number of buildings with complicated shapes is increasing worldwide. This paper presents an auto-climbing robot for cleaning the elliptic half-shell of National Grand Theatre in China. Its body consists of a climbing mechanism, a moving mechanism, two cleaning brushes and supporting mechanisms. The emphasis for discussion is on the locomotion realization which includes climbing and cleaning movements. The robot independently climbs and descends in the vertical direction and cleans in the horizontal direction. It takes the circling tracks as supports for climbing up and down between strips and moving horizontally along one strip around the ellipsoid. The kinematics models of the climbing and cleaning processes are given applying of the Lagrange equation. In the end, the successful on-site tests confirm the principles described above and the robot's ability.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICIEA 2007
Subtitle of host publication2007 Second IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications
Pages1220-1225
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event2007 2nd IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2007 - Harbin, China
Duration: 23 May 200725 May 2007

Publication series

NameICIEA 2007: 2007 Second IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications

Conference

Conference2007 2nd IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2007
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHarbin
Period23/05/0725/05/07

Keywords

  • Climbing robot
  • Locomotion realization

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