Patent ID: 7040008

Claim:
A maintenance device for working in a maintenance region of a plant delimited by at least one wall having at least two facing surfaces between which the maintenance work is performed and which is accessible from an introductory region of the plant, and comprising: a robot for carrying out the maintenance work in a remote-controlled or programmed way; and an immobilizing device for immobilizing a supporting part of the robot in the work position; a motorized and remote-controlled transport carriage; wherein the device for immobilizing the supporting part of the robot is a clamping support secured to the transport carriage includes at least two clamping shoes associated with movement means, each in at least one direction so as to move the shoe away from the clamping support, the movements of the two clamping shoes being performed in parallel and opposite directions; and keying means for quick fit keying the supporting part of the robot onto the motorized transport means; the robot being an anthropomorphic robot arm including elements mounted to rotate one with respect to another.