Building of a Sample Scenario of a Built-In Guide Type Robot for External Wall Maintenance Work of a Skyscraper

The construction of high-rise buildings is currently on the rise worldwide, and with 5 construction projects currently being promoted in Seoul to build higher than 100 stories, Korea is no exception. However, there are different considerations for the maintenance of such high-rise buildings, not to mention the construction process, than there are for other types of buildings. In addition, the conventional and most commonly used method of maintaining the external wall is to resort to a rope tied at the top of the building while the workers do their work. But if this process were to be applied to a high-rise building, the risk taken by the workers would increase, while work efficiency would decrease. For this reason, it is necessary to prepare a maintenance method in advance.

Accordingly, this research aims to draw up a cleaning sample scenario and derive design factors to be considered based on the assumed introduction of a maintenance robot. The research findings will provide fundamental data on the development of an external wall maintenance robot for the built-in guide type of high-rise buildings.