CN1562576A - Variable structured crawler type wall climbing robot - Google Patents

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CN1562576A
CN1562576A CN 200410033770 CN200410033770A CN1562576A CN 1562576 A CN1562576 A CN 1562576A CN 200410033770 CN200410033770 CN 200410033770 CN 200410033770 A CN200410033770 A CN 200410033770A CN 1562576 A CN1562576 A CN 1562576A
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A climb-on-wall robot with deformable caterpillar belts is composed of two deformable caterpillar belts uniformly equipped with sucking cups on its external surface, the job system between two caterpillar belts, main body, at least 4 belt rollers engaged with said caterpillar belts, and at least two supporting rod for said belt rollers and connected to said job system in movable mode.

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A kind of change structure crawler-type wall climbing robot
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of crawler-type wall climbing robot, especially can adapt to the crawler-type wall climbing robot of different wall environment by distortion.
Background technology
Climbing robot be a kind of can vertical wall on the mobile robot of operation.According to the difference of motion mode, it is several that climbing robot can be divided into wheeled, sufficient formula, crawler type, frame-type etc.Advantages such as crawler-type wall climbing robot has that absorption affinity is big, bearing capacity is strong, motion stabilization, speed are very fast; But common crawler-type wall climbing robot kinematic dexterity and wall adaptive capacity are limited, especially have obvious deficiency at aspects such as curved surface walking and cross surface transition mutually.A kind of varistructured crawler-type wall climbing robot that has introduced in " A Study on Wall Surface Mobile Robots " literary composition in No. the 569th, the magazine of publishing in January, 1994 " Japanese mechanics can collection of thesis (C collects) " (Trans of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineer (C)) the 60th volume.The crawler belt of this robot is made by rubber, can change shape at an easy rate, its outer surface has 25 vacuum cups, so that body is adsorbed in wall, this flexible pedrail is by the hinged frame supported of a series of serials, and remains tensioning state under the tensioning apparatus effect; Body has three actuators, and one is used for the driven machine people and travels forward, two other can make the robot front end about fixed axis, left-right rotation.The varistructure of this climbing robot makes it move on concave-convex curved surface, can change the direction of motion and transition between different walls neatly, thereby has kinematic dexterity and wall adaptive capacity preferably.But, the structural change amplitude of this crawler-type wall climbing robot front end and hinged frame is limited, make its only can radius of curvature greater than the curved surface of 1.2m on stabilized walking, can only be to finish transition between 0 °~+ 20 ° walls in the scope at the angle of cut also, this wall adaptive capacity be far from being enough for the actual job environment of complexity.
Summary of the invention
In order to overcome the deficiency of existing crawler-type wall climbing robot on the wall adaptive capacity, the invention provides a kind of change structure crawler-type wall climbing robot, this climbing robot not only can be on the less curved surface of radius of curvature stabilized walking, and can be, even finish transition between the wall of bigger angle of cut scope at-90 °~+ 90 °.
The present invention solves the technical scheme that its technical problem takes: a kind of change structure crawler-type wall climbing robot, its body comprises the crawler belt of two symmetric arrangement, vehicle-mounted operating system between two crawler belts and the belt wheel that meshes with crawler belt, described crawler belt outer surface is evenly installed sucker, it is characterized in that: the quantity of the belt wheel in the described robot body is at least 4, described belt wheel is by at least two they sup-port, and flexibly connect with the end of support bar, described support bar and vehicle-mounted operating system flexibly connect, and the support that described crawler belt is equipped with the support bar of belt wheel endways forms polygonized structure down.
A kind of form of the present invention is: the quantity of described belt wheel is 4, and the quantity of described support bar is 2; The middle part of described support bar is connected with hinge with vehicle-mounted operating system, and two ends are connected with hinge with a belt wheel respectively, and the support that described crawler belt is equipped with the support bar of belt wheel endways forms quadrilateral structure down.
Another kind of form of the present invention is: the quantity of described belt wheel is 4, and the quantity of described support bar is 3, and wherein, one is the strut of drawing money on credit, and two are short support bar; The draw money on credit middle part of strut is connected with hinge with vehicle-mounted operating system, and two ends are connected with hinge with a belt wheel respectively; Short support bar one end is connected with hinge with vehicle-mounted operating system, and the other end is connected with hinge with a belt wheel, and the support that described crawler belt is equipped with the support bar of belt wheel endways forms quadrilateral structure down.
As a further improvement on the present invention, it is telescopic having one in the described support bar at least.Remain tensioning state in the time of can making the crawler belt distortion like this, improve its transmission performance.
Another kind of the present invention is improved to: the quantity of described belt wheel and support bar is 4, each belt wheel is by a they sup-port, support bar one end is connected with hinge with belt wheel, the other end is connected with hinge with vehicle-mounted operating system, every support bar all is telescopic, and the support that described crawler belt is equipped with the support bar of belt wheel endways forms quadrilateral structure down.Such structure makes that the climbing robot distortion of being invented is more flexible, has stronger wall adaptive capacity.
Change structure crawler-type wall climbing robot of the present invention, the support that described crawler belt is equipped with the support bar of belt wheel endways forms polygonized structure down, each support bar can rotate by certain point on vehicle-mounted operating system significantly, make its polygon crawler belt change shape significantly, thereby can be on having than the curved surface of small curvature radius stabilized walking, and transition between crossing wall with big angle of cut scope.
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Fig. 1 is the body vertical view that the present invention becomes the structure crawler-type wall climbing robot.
Fig. 2 a is the body front view that the present invention becomes first embodiment of structure crawler-type wall climbing robot.
Fig. 2 b has shown a kind of improved body front view of the first embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 2 a.
Fig. 3 a is the body front view that the present invention becomes second embodiment of structure crawler-type wall climbing robot.
Fig. 3 b has shown a kind of improved body front view of the second embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 3 a.
Fig. 4 is the body front view that the present invention becomes the 3rd embodiment of structure crawler-type wall climbing robot.
Fig. 5, Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 are the process schematic diagrames that the present invention becomes the 3rd embodiment transition between the angle of cut is into+90 ° crossing wall of structure crawler-type wall climbing robot.
Fig. 8, Fig. 9 and Figure 10 are the process schematic diagrames that the present invention becomes the 3rd embodiment transition between the angle of cut is into-90 ° crossing wall of structure crawler-type wall climbing robot.
Figure 11 is that the present invention becomes the schematic diagram of the 3rd embodiment of structure crawler-type wall climbing robot in the inner sunken face motion.
Figure 12 is the schematic diagram that the present invention becomes the 3rd embodiment of structure crawler-type wall climbing robot convex surface motion outside.
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Below in conjunction with drawings and Examples the present invention is described in further detail.
Change structure crawler-type wall climbing robot body shown in Figure 1 comprises the crawler belt 1 of two symmetric arrangement, vehicle-mounted operating system 2 between crawler belt 1, and supporting mechanism hereinafter described, crawler belt 1 outer surface is evenly installed some suckers, during actual job, robot can rely on these suckers to be adsorbed on the wall.Different according to operation wall material and surface appearance can be selected corresponding suction type for use, and are attached etc. as vacuum suction, magnetic.
Fig. 2 a is depicted as the present invention and becomes first embodiment of structure crawler-type wall climbing robot, wherein, every crawler belt 1 and 4 belt wheel 3 engagements, described belt wheel 3 is supported by two support bars 4, every support bar 4 middle parts are connected with vehicle-mounted operating system 2 usefulness hinges 5, two ends are connected with a belt wheel 3 usefulness hinges respectively, and the support that described crawler belt 1 is equipped with the support bar 4 of belt wheel 3 endways forms quadrilateral structure down.Fig. 2 b shown Fig. 2 a shown in a kind of improvement of first embodiment, wherein an end of a support bar 4 is telescopic.
Fig. 3 a is depicted as the present invention and becomes second embodiment of structure crawler-type wall climbing robot, wherein, every crawler belt 1 and 4 belt wheel 3 engagements, described belt wheel 3 is by 3 they sup-port, comprise the strut 4b that draws money on credit, two short support bar 4a and 4c in the described support bar, draw money on credit strut 4b middle part is connected by hinge 5 with vehicle-mounted operating system 2, and two ends are connected with a belt wheel 3 usefulness hinges respectively; The end of two short support bar 4a and 4c is connected with a belt wheel 3 usefulness hinges, and the other end is connected with vehicle-mounted operating system 2 usefulness hinges 5, and described crawler belt 1 is equipped with support bar 4a, the 4b of belt wheel 3 endways and the support of 4c forms quadrilateral structure down.Fig. 3 b has shown a kind of improvement of second embodiment shown in Fig. 3 a, and wherein a short support bar 4a is telescopic.
Figure 4 shows that the present invention becomes the 3rd embodiment of structure crawler-type wall climbing robot, wherein, every crawler belt 1 and 4 belt wheel 3 engagements, each belt wheel 3 is supported by a support bar 4, support bar 4 one ends are connected with belt wheel 3 usefulness hinges, the other end is connected with vehicle-mounted operating system 2 usefulness hinges 5, and the support that described crawler belt 1 is equipped with the support bar 4 of belt wheel 3 endways forms quadrilateral structure down, and every support bar 4 all is telescopic.
Among above-mentioned three embodiment, a clutch is set between every support bar and the vehicle-mounted operating system, the clutch lock timing, support bar no longer rotates around vehicle-mounted operating system; When clutch is opened, support bar can be controlled or servo-actuated ground rotate around vehicle-mounted operating system.Stretching of support bar also is provided with similar locking device, and during the device locking, the length of support bar is fixed; When device was opened, the length of support bar can controlled or servo-actuated ground change.Those skilled in the art can utilize prior art to realize above-mentioned clutch and locking device.This structure makes robot body can change configuration neatly, and remains the tensioning state of crawler belt.
Compare with preceding two kinds of embodiment, the third embodiment has the more freedom degree, thereby has deformability and wall adaptive capacity more flexibly, also easier body configuration is carried out kinematics and dynamic performance optimization.Be that example is introduced the present invention become the structure crawler-type wall climbing robot in the process that intersects transition between the wall and walk on curved surface with the third embodiment below, other embodiment are similar.
Fig. 5, Fig. 6 and Figure 7 shows that the present invention becomes the schematic diagram of the third embodiment of structure crawler-type wall climbing robot transition between the angle of cut is into+90 ° crossing wall.Figure 5 shows that robot is adsorbed on the vertical wall under the effect of crawler belt sucker, and to be driving wheel with lower-left side belt wheel move upward along vertical wall; When arriving the wall intersection, above two belt wheels and between one section crawler belt contact end face, and utilize sucker to be adsorbed in end face, robot enters wall transient motion state subsequently: with two belt wheels of lower-left side and upper right side is driving wheel, under the side drive wheel effect of lower-left, sucker on the one section crawler belt that contacts with vertical wall is uncovered from bottom to top one by one, meanwhile, under the driving wheel effect of upper right side, sucker on the crawler belt of right side contacts one by one from top to bottom and is adsorbed on the end face, the track length that contacts with end face thereby the track length that contacts with vertical wall reduces gradually increases gradually, in this course, partly or entirely support bar to keep the tensioning state of crawler belt, Figure 6 shows that a certain intermediateness of robot in the transient motion process correspondingly around hinge through and change length; When with crawler belt section that vertical wall contacts on after all sucker all uncovered, the wall transient process finishes, robot is that driving wheel moves right on end face with the upper left side belt wheel, as shown in Figure 7.
Fig. 8, Fig. 9 and Figure 10 shows that the present invention becomes the schematic diagram of the 3rd embodiment transition between the angle of cut is into-90 ° crossing wall of structure crawler-type wall climbing robot.Figure 8 shows that robot is adsorbed on the vertical wall under the effect of crawler belt sucker, and to be driving wheel with the lower right side belt wheel move upward along vertical wall; When arriving the wall intersection, the upper right side belt wheel at first contacts the wall intersecting lens, robot enters wall transient motion state subsequently: at first, guaranteeing under the prerequisite that robot does not peel off from vertical wall, reduce the angle of cut between two support bars in right side as far as possible, in order to follow-up transitional movement, then, the upper right side belt wheel rotates, its support bar elongation simultaneously, thereby make the upper right side belt wheel cross wall intersecting lens contact end face, after this, continuation is a driving wheel with two belt wheels in lower right side and upper right side, under the driving wheel effect of lower right side, uncovered one by one from bottom to top with the sucker on the crawler belt section that vertical wall contacts, meanwhile, under the driving wheel effect of upper right side, sucker on the upside crawler belt is from the right side and a left side contacts one by one and be adsorbed on the end face, the track length that contacts with end face thereby the track length that contacts with vertical wall reduces gradually increases gradually, in this course, the right side crawler belt adapts to-90 ° of phase cross surfaces and is divided into orthogonal two sections, partly or entirely support bar is correspondingly around hinge through and change length, to keep robot to be in good stress, crawler belt is in tensioning state simultaneously, Figure 9 shows that a certain intermediateness of robot in the transient motion process; When with crawler belt section that vertical wall contacts on all sucker all uncovered and after lower-left side belt wheel (corresponding to the lower right side belt wheel among Fig. 8) crosses the wall intersecting lens, the wall transient process finishes, robot is that driving wheel moves right on end face with lower-left side belt wheel, as shown in figure 10.
Figure 11 is that the present invention becomes the schematic diagram of the 3rd embodiment of structure crawler-type wall climbing robot in the inner sunken face motion.With respect to motion state at straight wall, two support bars of robot upside are longer among the figure, two support bars of downside are very short, correspondingly, two belt wheels of upside are driving wheel, make that the sucker on the left of the crawler belt section contact with curved wall is uncovered one by one, and the sucker that does not contact the crawler belt section right side of wall contacts and be adsorbed in curved wall one by one, two belt wheels of downside can compress crawler belt makes it to adapt to better curved wall.From top narration as can be seen, in the process of moving on inner sunken face, the crawler belt Duan Weiyu wall that contacts with wall is with the arc of curvature, thereby can adapt to wall well, improves the stability of absorption and motion.
Figure 12 is the schematic diagram that the present invention becomes the 3rd embodiment of structure crawler-type wall climbing robot convex surface motion outside.With respect to motion state at straight wall, two support bars of robot upside are shorter among the figure, two support bars of downside are longer, correspondingly, two belt wheels of downside are driving wheel, make that the sucker on the left of the crawler belt section contact with curved wall is uncovered one by one, and the sucker that does not contact the crawler belt section right side of wall contacts and is adsorbed in curved wall one by one.From top narration as can be seen, outside in the process of moving on the convex surface, the crawler belt Duan Weiyu wall that contacts with wall is with the arc of curvature, thereby can adapt to wall well, improves the stability of absorption and motion; Simultaneously, longer near two support bars of wall, shorter away from two support bars of wall, this structure makes the center of gravity of robot more near wall, thereby has further improved the kinetic stability of robot.
In each schematic diagram of above-mentioned Fig. 5 to Figure 12, the belt wheel that has the camber line arrow is a main drive wheel, and the arrow indication is turning to of driving wheel.
Except the foregoing description, change structure crawler-type wall climbing robot of the present invention can also adopt other structure, and does not depart from the scope of the present invention.For example, the belt wheel of greater number can be set, and suitably mate the quantity of support bar, so that the structure of crawler belt adapts to the needs of a certain operations specific environment.

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1. one kind becomes the structure crawler-type wall climbing robot, its body comprises the crawler belt of two symmetric arrangement, the vehicle-mounted operating system between two crawler belts and the belt wheel that meshes with crawler belt, described crawler belt outer surface is evenly installed sucker, it is characterized in that: the quantity of the belt wheel in the described robot body is at least 4, described belt wheel is by at least two they sup-port, and flexibly connect with the end of support bar, described support bar and vehicle-mounted operating system flexibly connect, and the support that described crawler belt is equipped with the support bar of belt wheel endways forms polygonized structure down.
2. according to claim 1 described change structure crawler-type wall climbing robot, it is characterized in that: the quantity of described belt wheel is 4, and the quantity of described support bar is 2; The middle part of described support bar is connected with hinge with vehicle-mounted operating system, and two ends are connected with hinge with a belt wheel respectively, and the support that described crawler belt is equipped with the support bar of belt wheel endways forms quadrilateral structure down.
3. according to claim 1 described change structure crawler-type wall climbing robot, it is characterized in that: the quantity of described belt wheel is 4, and the quantity of described support bar is 3, and wherein, one is the strut of drawing money on credit, and two are short support bar; The draw money on credit middle part of strut is connected with hinge with vehicle-mounted operating system, and two ends are connected with hinge with a belt wheel respectively; Short support bar one end is connected with hinge with vehicle-mounted operating system, and the other end is connected with hinge with a belt wheel, and the support that described crawler belt is equipped with the support bar of belt wheel endways forms quadrilateral structure down.
4. according to claim 1,2 or 3 described change structure crawler-type wall climbing robots, it is characterized in that: have at least one to be telescopic in the described support bar.
5. according to claim 1 described change structure crawler-type wall climbing robot, it is characterized in that: the quantity of described belt wheel and support bar is 4, each belt wheel is by a they sup-port, support bar one end is connected with hinge with belt wheel, the other end is connected with hinge with vehicle-mounted operating system, every support bar all is telescopic, and the support that described crawler belt is equipped with the support bar of belt wheel endways forms quadrilateral structure down.
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