| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To provide a wall traveling robot capable of traveling on the wall without any troubles even when a large step such as frame of a window mounted on the wall exists. CONSTITUTION:Wall traveling vehicles 8 provided with endless belts 6 provided with a plurality of suction cups 5, a vacuum generating device which is connected by the suction cups 5 and suction tubes, and generates the negative pressure inside the suction cups 5, and control parts 7 which are interposed between the suction cups 5 and the vacuum generating device, and connect the suction cups 5 to the vacuum generating device immediately before the suction cups 5 are brought into contact with the wall surface, and shut off the connection of the suction cups 5 to the vacuum generating device immediately before the suction cups 5 are separated from the wall surface are provided at the front and rear parts. A supporting means 9 which is provided over the front wall traveling vehicle 8 and the rear wall traveling vehicle 8 on the non-sucking surface side and connects and supports the front and rear wall traveling vehicles 8, direction changing mechanisms 10 which are interposed between the supporting means 9 and the front and rear wall traveling vehicles 8 and independently change the direction of the front and rear wall traveling vehicles 8, and relative height changing mechanisms 11 to change the relative height of the front and rear wall traveling vehicles 8 are provided. |
