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A climbing autonomous robot for inspection applications in 3D complex environments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2000

C. Balaguer ,
A. Giménez ,
J. M. Pastor ,
V. M. Padrón  and
M. Abderrahim
C. Balaguer
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y Automática (DIEEA), University Carlos III of Madrid, c/Butarque, 15, 28911 Leganés (Madrid) (Spain). E-mail: [email protected]
A. Giménez
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y Automática (DIEEA), University Carlos III of Madrid, c/Butarque, 15, 28911 Leganés (Madrid) (Spain). E-mail: [email protected]
J. M. Pastor
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y Automática (DIEEA), University Carlos III of Madrid, c/Butarque, 15, 28911 Leganés (Madrid) (Spain). E-mail: [email protected]
V. M. Padrón
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y Automática (DIEEA), University Carlos III of Madrid, c/Butarque, 15, 28911 Leganés (Madrid) (Spain). E-mail: [email protected]
M. Abderrahim
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y Automática (DIEEA), University Carlos III of Madrid, c/Butarque, 15, 28911 Leganés (Madrid) (Spain). E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Often inspection and maintenance work involve a large number of highly dangerous manual operations, especially within industrial fields such as shipbuilding and construction. This paper deals with the autonomous climbing robot which uses the “caterpillar” concept to climb in complex 3D metallic-based structures. During its motion the robot generates in real-time the path and grasp planning in order to ensure stable self-support to avoid the environment obstacles, and to optimise the robot consumption during the inspection. The control and monitoring of the robot is achieved through an advanced Graphical User Interface to allow an effective and user friendly operation of the robot. The experiments confirm its advantages in executing the inspection operations.

Keywords

Climbing robotsAutonomous systemsRobot path planningOptimum planning
Type
Research Article
Information
Robotica , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , May 2000 , pp. 287 - 297
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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