Patent ID: 11906342
Assignee: ZHOUSHAN INSTITUTE OF CALIBRATION AND TESTING FOR QUALITY AND TECHNOLOGY SUPERVISION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A wall-climbing robot for measuring a capacity of a vertical metal tank, comprising: a robot body comprising a chassis and a casing, wherein a plurality of wheels are provided on both sides of the chassis, respectively; the robot body further comprises:
an attraction unit, comprising a plurality of magnets for attracting a wall of the metal tank, wherein the magnets are connected to form a mesh structure through a plurality of connectors and move under the chassis;
a measurement unit, comprising a bendable ruler provided on the chassis and protruding from a top of the casing;
a rust removal unit, comprising a rust removal bucket provided at a front side of the robot body and a driver for the lifting and lowering of the rust removal bucket; and
a control unit, comprising a microcontroller, a posture detector, an obstacle detector, an attraction detector for detecting an attraction force of the magnets, a distance sensor for measuring a distance from the chassis to the wall of the metal tank, and a communication device.