Design and Realization of a Flat Surface Cleaning Robot

Abstract:

Through the analysis of the glass wall and solar panel cleaning robot research status at home and abroad, based on cleaning characteristics and requirements of such kind of smooth surface, a full pneumatic-driven flat surface cleaning robot system is presented. The robot adopts unique three-position cylinder driving technique, SCM and PC two-level control, can crawl along the smooth surface and clean, and can overcome obstacles in a certain height. Running results show that the robot system has simple structure, low cost, the functions of on-line fault diagnosis, and can provide a new efficient, simple and safe way for the glass wall and solar panel cleaning.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 505)
• Pages: 477-483
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.505.477
• Online since: April 2012
• Authors: Jiu Jun Zhen, Zhan Min Yang
• Keywords: PC, Pneumatic Technology, Robot, SMC, Smooth Flat Surface Cleaning

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