Design and stability analysis of a novel wall-climbing robotic platform (ROPE RIDE)

Seo, Kunchan; Cho, Sunme; Kim, Taegyun; Kim, Hwa Soo; Kim, Jong-Won

doi:10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2013.07.012

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“…Seo et al has developed ROPE RIDE [76]. The ROPE RIDE enables climbing up a vertical surface by utilizing a rope dropped down from the top of the building, and two additional propeller thrusters are installed to adhere on the wall with certainty.…”

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A Survey of Wall Climbing Robots: Recent Advances and Challenges

Nansai

Elara

2016

Robotics

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Abstract:In recent decades, skyscrapers, as represented by the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, have been built due to the improvements of construction technologies. Even in such newfangled skyscrapers, the façades are generally cleaned by humans. Wall climbing robots, which are capable of climbing up vertical surfaces, ceilings and roofs, are expected to replace the manual workforce in façade cleaning works, which is both hazardous and laborious work. Such tasks require these robotic platforms to possess high levels of adaptability and flexibility. This paper presents a detailed review of wall climbing robots categorizing them into six distinct classes based on the adhesive mechanism that they use. This paper concludes by expanding beyond adhesive mechanisms by discussing a set of desirable design attributes of an ideal glass façade cleaning robot towards facilitating targeted future research with clear technical goals and well-defined design trade-off boundaries.

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Section: Rope And/or Rail Grippingmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Survey of Wall Climbing Robots: Recent Advances and Challenges

Nansai

Elara

2016

Robotics

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“…By varying the number of brushes and the crawlers, the robot can be manually reconfigured to make itself adaptable to various wall areas. Seo et al has developed ROPE RIDE [16], which can climb vertical surfaces by utilizing a rope dropped down from the top of the building. The ROPE RIDE is installed with two additional propeller thrusters to ensure a strong attachment to the wall.…”

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A Novel Nested Reconfigurable Approach for a Glass Façade Cleaning Robot

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Abstract:The façade cleaning of high rise buildings is one of the hazardous tasks that is performed by human operators. Even after a significant advancement in construction technologies, several newfangled skyscrapers are still using the manual method for cleaning the glass panels. This research is aimed at the development of a glass façade cleaning robot, capable of adapting to any kind of building architecture. A robotic system capable of cleaning vertical glass surfaces demands a transformable morphology. A self-reconfigurable robot is one of the potential solutions to realize high degrees of adaptability. Following the design principles we derived, we propose a nested reconfigurable design approach for glass façade cleaning and develope a system of robot modules that performs glass façade cleaning. Throughout this research article, we discuss the brief concept and scheme of nested reconfigurable design principle and the hardware-software challenges associated with it. This article also discusses the capability to maximize the flexibility and modularity of the robot by using intra-and inter-reconfigurations. The effectiveness of the designed system is verified by experimental means.

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“…Most climbing robots have been developed to help people perform tasks, such as exploring natural and artificial environments [1][2][3], performing tests in heavy industrial sites [4], cleaning the façades of high-rise buildings [5][6][7][8], and performing security monitoring in urban areas [9]. The main purposes of these robots are to increase operational efficiency and accuracy and protect workers' health and safety in performing hazardous tasks.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, it can surmount tiny protruded features, but its transition ability in this regard is low. The ROPE RIDE robot uses a rope ascender as its locomotion mechanism [7]. It can move relatively quickly and surmount small-sized obstacles by rotating its triangular tracks.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As Tables 1 and 2 show, five types of adhesion technologies (magnetic [13,14], pneumatic [15,16], mechanical [17], electrostatic [1,18,19], and chemical adhesion [20][21][22]) and six types of locomotion mechanisms (legs [23], wheels [24,25], tracks [26], slides [27], wires [7], and multi-linked modules [28][29][30]) were compared. A + or − marker means that the selected type was suitable or unsuitable, respectively, for use in meeting a particular requirement.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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