Wall-climbing robot

• Main Authors: Fang, Charles Ryan, Pineda, Alexander, Tang, Aneliz Jane, Tirol, Jenelyn Jean, Tsou, Yueh-En
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2005
• Subjects: Mobile robots; Robots > Control systems
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/14565
• Institution: De La Salle University

The technology of wall-climbing robots has been around for several years. Our country, the Philippines, has yet to adapt this innovation. This study can prove to be relevant to industry for its possible applications such as high-rise inspections and window-washing capabilities. These are tasks that threaten the lives of people. This study embarks on the fabrication of a biped wall-climbing robot that would adhere itself onto a rigid and non-vibrating wall through vacuum suction and would be able to run two independent gaits. The first gait would be to determine the fastest speed possible that the mechanism would be able to achieve. The second gait is to be able to navigate properly with a maximum payload. The movement of the robot will be simulated through kinematics and robot motion planning using MATLAB. The values acquired through simulation would be inputted into the Pascal program designed to control the mechanism. The mechanism would be controlled through the use of a computer attached to it to interface the movements of the robot. Capability of which is to be able to walk using a straight path only in one axis. Simulations and the study on its movements will be done through kinematics and robot motion study.