Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Wall Climbing Robot

Student’s Name : Mr. Prabhakaran
Supervisor’s Name : Mr. G. Muthu Kumaran , Associative Professor, Mr. S. Janakiraman, Assistant Professor (SG)

Accolades


This project selected as one of the Best New Innovative Project by Birla Industrial and Technological Museum (BITM) functioning under National Council of Science Museums , Ministry of culture ,Govt of India and won Second Prize with a cash award of Rs 15000/- at the INNOVATION HUB INFOCOM 2011 – 12 Exhibition, Kolkata during 8th to 11th December,2011.


WALL CLIMBING ROBOT
Wall Climbing Robot works with SUCTION principle with four legged SUCTION CUPS.

The movement is enabled with VACUUM GENERATOR, PNEUMATIC PISTON ASSEMBLY and PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER.

The robots mainly consist of three parts: A vacuum pump, a suction mechanism and a driving mechanism. Basic conditions that the robots can adhere to and move reliably on a vertical surface are first established, then the suction cups with a rigidity formula for the vertical movement is obtained.

We have created a robot that can run up a wall as smooth as glass and onto the ceiling at a rate of six centimeters a second.

In addition the robot uses a high definition wireless camera to send images of the inspected element.

APPLICATIONS
1. Cleaning of High-rise buildings
2. Inspection of cylindrical steel Nuclear Storage Tanks.

PROJECT COST
Rs. 2, 00, 000

FUNDED BY
HINDUSTAN UNIVERSITY

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