Title
Gunryu III: reconfigurable magnetic wall-climbing robot for decommissioning of nuclear reactor.
Abstract
To perform the decommissioning on the inaccessible area to human workers, the need to develop a wall-climbing robot is increasing. In these wall-climbing robots, high mobility and stability on a surface of walls are most important required features. To achieve both of these features, the new type of arm-equipped reconfigurable multi-modules wall-climbing robot was proposed in this research. The stability and high mobility can be achieved by reconfiguration using attached arm as a connection mechanism. And the robot system composed of two mobile modules and 6DOF manipulator was developed as a proof mechanism. In this robot, for energy efficient and stable mobility at the environment of steel structure, the adsorption method based on magnet was selected and its functionality was confirmed. And, to enable intuitive control, the kinematic solver was developed and verified. Finally, basic experiment of motion test was performed, and it was confirmed that the proposed wall-climbing robot satisfies required functions, such as high mobility and stability.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1080/01691864.2013.812174
ADVANCED ROBOTICS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
wall-climbing robot,magnet,multi-module,manipulator,reconfiguration
Journal
27
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
14
0169-1864
6
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.50
5
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Masahiro Hirai160.50
Shigeo Hirose21755355.85
Woosub Lee312715.75