Mechanical planning and actual test results of a robot for painting the exterior walls of high-rise buildings

Abstract

A robot developed for repainting the exterior walls of Tokyo's Shinjuku Center Building (54 stories above and 3 stories below the ground, and 219.5 m high) is introduced with an explanation of its mechanism and a demonstration of its actual use. The first robot of its kind developed in Japan successfully demonstrated its capability to complete its mission of painting an area of 95,400 m2 while automatically avoiding glass and openings.