Rope climbing robot capable of surmounting obstacle and obstacle surmounting method thereof

US11155275B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• China University of Mining and Technology · CN

Inventors

• Gongbo Zhou · 安丰镇, CN
• Hongwei Tang · 安丰镇, CN
• Chaoquan Tang · Xuzhou, CN
• Zhencai Zhu · 安丰镇, CN
• Zhenzhi He · 安丰镇, CN
• Wei Li · 安丰镇, CN
• Fan Jiang · 安丰镇, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 11, 2019
• Grant date: Oct 26, 2021
• Expiry date: Nov 11, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B25J5/02
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed in the present invention are a rope climbing robot capable of surmounting an obstacle and an obstacle surmounting method thereof. The rope climbing robot includes a robot body. The robot body includes a shell, a drive module and a guide module. The shell is longitudinally cut into an even number of shell segments, and is laterally cut into a corresponding drive housing segment and a corresponding guide housing segment according to mounting positions of the drive module and the guide module in the shell. There is at least one guide module and at least one guide housing segment, and a shell opening mechanism is further mounted in the shell. The shell opening mechanism includes a first shell opening mechanism configured to open/close the guide housing segment and a second shell opening mechanism configured to open/close the drive housing segment.