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Wall climbing robot

The Robot, named as TRAIN WALL BOT, is designed which has the ability to navigate on smooth vertical surfaces with the capability to avoid obstacles and overcome it if the height of the obstacles is about 1cm. The design is inspired from train steel wheel movement which uses two actuated legs wi...

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Main Author: Rahman, Md. Mozasser
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2010
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TJ210.2 Mechanical devices and figures. Automata. Ingenious mechanism. Robots (General)
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/23208/1/p149.pdf
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spelling my.iium.irep.232082013-06-19T09:09:01Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/23208/ Wall climbing robot Rahman, Md. Mozasser TJ210.2 Mechanical devices and figures. Automata. Ingenious mechanism. Robots (General) The Robot, named as TRAIN WALL BOT, is designed which has the ability to navigate on smooth vertical surfaces with the capability to avoid obstacles and overcome it if the height of the obstacles is about 1cm. The design is inspired from train steel wheel movement which uses two actuated legs with rotary motion supplied from the motor. The Robot uses pneumatic system and the suction force is supplied by an air compressor that will turn on intermittently. The sucking system force controls the attachment of the robot to the wall by using 3 vacuum valves and 6 vacuum pads (2 vacuum pads on each leg, and 2 vacuum pads below the body). The robot is controlled using PIC16F877A. The main body of the robot carries the motor and important electronic components. Two limit switches are used to acknowledge the contact with its navigating surface, one is attached with one leg and other is attested with the body part. Vacuum suction is controlled based on the ON OFF priority of the limit switch. IR distance sensor detects obstacles which are higher than 1cm. The simple design of the Robot ensures the capability to walk, climb vertically up to 85º and 90º slope smooth surfaces and avoid obstacles. It has the advantages of faster forward and backward movements which is smooth and more stable (because of the coupling design)than other existing wall climbing Robots. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/23208/1/p149.pdf Rahman, Md. Mozasser (2010) Wall climbing robot. In: IIUM Research, Innovation & Invention Exhibition (IRIIE 2010), 26 - 27 January 2010, Kuala Lumpur. http://www.iium.edu.my/irie/10/
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
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topic TJ210.2 Mechanical devices and figures. Automata. Ingenious mechanism. Robots (General)
spellingShingle TJ210.2 Mechanical devices and figures. Automata. Ingenious mechanism. Robots (General)
Rahman, Md. Mozasser
Wall climbing robot
description The Robot, named as TRAIN WALL BOT, is designed which has the ability to navigate on smooth vertical surfaces with the capability to avoid obstacles and overcome it if the height of the obstacles is about 1cm. The design is inspired from train steel wheel movement which uses two actuated legs with rotary motion supplied from the motor. The Robot uses pneumatic system and the suction force is supplied by an air compressor that will turn on intermittently. The sucking system force controls the attachment of the robot to the wall by using 3 vacuum valves and 6 vacuum pads (2 vacuum pads on each leg, and 2 vacuum pads below the body). The robot is controlled using PIC16F877A. The main body of the robot carries the motor and important electronic components. Two limit switches are used to acknowledge the contact with its navigating surface, one is attached with one leg and other is attested with the body part. Vacuum suction is controlled based on the ON OFF priority of the limit switch. IR distance sensor detects obstacles which are higher than 1cm. The simple design of the Robot ensures the capability to walk, climb vertically up to 85º and 90º slope smooth surfaces and avoid obstacles. It has the advantages of faster forward and backward movements which is smooth and more stable (because of the coupling design)than other existing wall climbing Robots.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Rahman, Md. Mozasser
author_facet Rahman, Md. Mozasser
author_sort Rahman, Md. Mozasser
title Wall climbing robot
title_short Wall climbing robot
title_full Wall climbing robot
title_fullStr Wall climbing robot
title_full_unstemmed Wall climbing robot
title_sort wall climbing robot
publishDate 2010
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/23208/1/p149.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/23208/
http://www.iium.edu.my/irie/10/
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