Wall-climbing robot for measuring capacity of vertical metal tanks

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PATENT NO 11906342
APP PUB NO 20210048327A1
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16876831

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A wall-climbing robot for measuring capacity of vertical metal tanks includes a robot body including a chassis, a casing, and wheels. The robot body further includes: an attraction unit including a plurality of magnets; a measurement unit including a bendable ruler provided on the chassis and protruding from a top of the casing; the rust removal unit including a rust removing bucket provided at a front side of the robot body, and a driver for the lifting and lowering of the rust removing bucket; and a control unit including a microcontroller, a posture detector, an obstacle detector, an attraction detector, and a distance sensor. The wall-climbing robot of the present invention leaves no indentation on a surface of the metal tank, and is not affected by the rusts formed on the surface.

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ZHOUSHAN INSTITUTE OF CALIBRATION AND TESTING FOR QUALITY AND TECHNOLOGY SUPERVISIONNO 49 HONGLU AVENUE BEICHAN XINGANG DEVELOPMENT ZONE DINGHAI DISTRICT ZHOUSHAN CITY ZHEJIANG PROVINCE ZHOUSHAN CITY ZHEJIANG PROVINCE 316013

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Chen, Xianlei Zhejiang, CN 6 1
Hao, Huadong Zhejiang, CN 7 1
Huang, Haocai Zhejiang, CN 2 1
Li, Cunjun Zhejiang, CN 6 1
Shi, Haolei Zhejiang, CN 6 1
Wu, Yiping Zhejiang, CN 8 17

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