Title :
Service robots for facade cleaning
Author :
Böhme, Torsten ; Schmucker, Ulrich ; Elkmann, Norbert ; Sack, Mario
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. for Factory Oper. & Autom., Magdeburg, Germany
fDate :
31 Aug-4 Sep 1998
Abstract :
The paper describes a service robot which has been developed and realized for glass facade cleaning. It is the world´s first fully automatic system for cleaning vaulted glass facades. The shape of the building which has to be cleaned is a special semi cylinder of glass and steel. The robot moves through the facade-side mechanical construction of the building and cleans the facade outside. The design, the mode of robot operation and the control concept are described
Keywords :
optical windows; robots; surface cleaning; automatic system; control; facade-side mechanical construction; glass facade cleaning; robot operation; semi cylinder shaped building; service robots; vaulted glass facades; Buildings; Cleaning; Costs; Glass; Manufacturing automation; Orbital robotics; Production facilities; Robotics and automation; Service robots; Steel;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics Society, 1998. IECON '98. Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Aachen
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4503-7
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.1998.724271
