Design and Research of Segmented-Stepping Tower Climbing Robot
Iron towers are the main components in power transmission lines,and they are widely distributed and numerous.Affected by the harsh weather in the wild,it is very easy to be damaged and requires regular safety maintenance.At present,the maintenance method is to manually climb to a high altitude for maintenance work,which is of high intensity and safety risk.This paper introduces the design and research work of a step-by-step tower-climbing robot.The robot can climb along the main material of the iron tower to the working crossarm and install or remove the temporary anti-fall device.The robot uses the principle of magnetic attraction to attach to the surface of the iron tower,and climbs along the main material of the iron tower through the step-by-step structure.The field experiment shows that the robot has good climbing ability and obstacle-surmounting ability.