Recent Patents on Wall Climbing Robot with Negative Pressure Adsorption

摘要

Background: The wall climbing robot is an automatic mechanical device capable of beingadsorbed on the wall surface and carrying out various predetermined work. Compared with humanlabor, the wall climbing robot has the advantages of high efficiency, low cost and stable operationquality. It can replace human beings to accomplish various dangerous work, reduce the risk andlabor intensity of high-altitude operation, and greatly promote the improvement of productivity. Atpresent, wall climbing robot has been widely used in the construction industry, fire control, nuclearindustry, petrochemical industry and manufacturing industry.Objective: I will review related patents of wall climbing robot with negative pressure adsorption andillustrate their structure and working principle. The results of the analysis can provide some meaningfulreference for the optimal design of this kind of robot.Methods: Based on the comparative analysis for the latest patents related to wall climbing robotwith negative pressure adsorption, the key problem and future development of the wall climbing robotare put forward.Results: The patents of the wall climbing robot with negative pressure adsorption are classified inthe paper. Studies show that remarkable improvements have been achieved in the invention on theclimbing robot.Conclusion: In the tomorrow, the adsorption technology, optimization of moving mode, structureminiaturization and intelligent control should be further studied.