Publications / 2011 Proceedings of the 28th ISARC, Seoul, Korea

Development of Cable Climbing Robotic System for Inspection of Suspension Bridge

Ho Moon Kim, Kyeong Ho Cho, Fengyi Liu, HyoukRyeol Choi
Pages 1422-1423 (2011 Proceedings of the 28th ISARC, Seoul, Korea, ISBN 978-89-954572-4-5, ISSN 2413-5844)
Abstract:

In this paper, we propose a wheel-based cable climbing robotic system which can climb up and down the vertical cylindrical cables in the suspension bridges. Firstly, we develop climbing mechanism which includes wheels driven by motors and adhesion system.In addition,we propose a special design of adhesion mechanism which can maintain adhesion force even when the power is lost.Finally, an additional mechanism is developed for guaranteeing the safety of the robot during operations on cables.

Keywords: Suspension Bridge, Cable Climbing, Climbing Robot