Climbing robot, movable along a trestle structure, particularly

Details Climbing robot, movable along a trestle structure, particularly Climbing robot, movable along a trestle structure, particularly

1990-06-18

1993-05-25

Hill, Mitchell J.

Motor vehicles

Special driving device

Stepper

187 95, B66C 300, E04G 314

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052131726

ABSTRACT:
A robot is apt to climb along a trestle structure, particularly the trestle of a pole for high-voltage overhead electric lines, in order to carry work tools from the base to the top of the pole. The robot includes a main support body, at least one slide movable along the body, a first gripping hand carried by the body, a second gripping hand carried by the slide, arms for moving the gripping hands substantially perpendicular to the pole, each gripping hand being equipped with clamping fingers for gripping either an upright of the pole or a ledger of the trestle structure, and at least one position sensor associated with the body for acquiring position data concerning the configuration of either the pole or the trestle structure.

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patent: 4674949 (1987-06-01), Kroczynski
patent: 4738583 (1988-04-01), Macconochie et al.

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