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International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering

Website: www.ijetae.com (ISSN 2250-2459, ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal, Volume 3, Issue 5, May 2013)

Development of Wall Climbing Robot for Cleaning Application

Ritesh. G. Mahajan1, Prof. S. M. Patil2

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M-Tech scholar, College Of Engineering, Pune, India Department of Production Engineering, Assistant Professor in College Of Engineering, Pune, India As the results of surveying the requirements for the window cleaning robot, the following points are necessary for providing the window cleaning robot for practical use: It should be small size and lightweight for portability.  Automatic operation during moving. A wall climbing robot should be light and allow a large payload, reducing excessive adhesion forces and carrying instrumentations during navigation. Up to now, considerable research was devoted to these machines and various types of experimental models were proposed. The two major issues in the design of wall climbing robots are their locomotion and the adhesion methods. With respect to the locomotion type, three types are often considered: the crawler, the wheeled and the legged types. According to the adhesion method, these robots are generally classified into three groups: vacuum or suction cups, magnetic, and gripping to the surface. Recently, new methods for assuring the adhesion, based in biological findings, have also been proposed.[1] Aim of project The study and production of robots for domestic application is a relatively recent research field. This kind of robot is actually in continuous development. Huge surface cleaning, and even glass windows or building walls is on study in industrial fields with very different characteristics and innovations. Our target is to build a wall-climbing robot for window cleaning application. The Wall Climbing Robot (WCR) having capability that it can stick on a vertical as well as inclined surface and can easily move over the surface.The...