Development and application of wall-climbing robots

Abstract

In this paper we introduce wall-climbing robots of two different absorption schemes: one with single suction cup and the other with permanent magnetic crawlers. The former adopts an omnidirectional vehicle and can perform remote-control inspection of nuclear storage tanks. Moreover, it is further developed for cleaning both the ceramic tile and glass surfaces of high-rise buildings. The latter consists of two types of robots: one is for maintenance automation of storage tanks in petrochemical enterprises, which can perform operations of sand-blasting, spray-painting and inspection; and the other is for monitoring the boiler wall water tubing.