Development of New Kind of Pneumatic Wall-climbing Robot
A new kind of pneumatic wall-climbing robot based on flexible pneumatic actuator FPA is presented. The structure, pneumatic and electrical control system and the safety of the robot are analyzed. All of its driving and squirming parts are composed of pneumatic elements. The vacuum osculums which act as feet are connected with flexible pneumatic actuator FPA. When the vacuum producers work, the vacuum will be produced in the corresponding osculums which can adsorb on the contacting surface and orient the robot. FPAs act as the body and dnver of the robot. The experiment shows that linear movement of this robot on the wall can be realized and the suction is reliable.
wall-climbing robot Flexible pneumatic actuator FPA Control system
Yang Qinghua Bao Guanjun Wang Zhiheng Shou Hualiang Zhang Libin
The MOE Key Laboratory of Mechanical Manufacture and Automation, Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310032, China
国际会议
北戴河
英文
989-992
2007-06-06（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）