• DocumentCode
    2075690
  • 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
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    31 Aug-4 Sep 1998
  • Firstpage
    1204
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IECON.1998.724271
  • Filename
    724271