Development of Horizontal Locomotion Robot using Rail Mechanism for H-beam Structure
H-빔 구조물에서의 레일을 이용한 수평주행로봇 개발

Jong Heon Kim, Minseok Jeon, Kyungtae Jeon, Sang Hoon Lee, Daehie Hong
2013 Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering  
Nowadays in building construction field, workers become aged and avoid dirty, difficult, and dangerous work. Above all, a person who is in charge of beam assembling work in high and narrow space just relies on safety belt. So these workers should be highly trained. This paper deals with a new locomotion robot that can take this in charge, which will be able to provide less labor costs, less time to build a building and safer environments for workers. The geometric features of steel structure in
more » ... building construction were carefully analyzed and developed a locomotion mechanism optimized to it. The robot was designed to be rugged, strong, and fast rather than having excessive mobility. Feasibility of the developed robot was verified through experiments.
doi:10.7736/kspe.2013.30.4.421 fatcat:hxw3f4jynvhz3gsuv5o3sfqosu