A Wind-Turbine-Tower-Climbing Robot Prototype Operating at Various Speeds and Payload Capacity: Development and Validation

• Published in: Applied sciences Vol. 13; no. 3; p. 1381
• Main Authors: Padrigalan, Kathleen Ebora, Liu, Jui-Hung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.02.2023
• Subjects: adhesion; Climbing; Composite materials; driving mechanism; Kinematics; Lightning; locomotion; Robots; Rubber; Sensors; Turbines; Wheels; wind-turbine-tower-climbing robots; winding mechanism

The development of control technology on wind turbine application robots has played an integral role in facilitating the digitization of inspection and maintenance in the wind energy industry. This paper presents a wind-turbine-climbing robot that determines the service lifespan of the wind turbine...