A survey on techniques and applications of window-cleaning robots

Z Li, Q Xu, LM Tam - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Maintaining a clean living and working environment is an important means to ensure
people's quality of life. As the height of the building increases, the traditional method of …

Amphibious robot with self-rotating paddle-wheel mechanism

C Kim, K Lee, S Ryu, TW Seo - IEEE/ASME Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Marine transportation is an important means of transportation, in which ships are in constant
use and accidents are unavoidable. In this article, we developed an amphibious robot to …

Position prediction of viscoelastic rope on traction sheave with rope-slip model

KU Lee, S Ahn, D Hyun, TW Seo - Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2023 - Elsevier
With the increasing demand for high-rise building management, robots are being developed
that use fiber ropes to move over façade of buildings. As fiber ropes deform under a load …

Robust design of a screw-based crawling robot on a granular surface

C Seo, K Lee, D Son, T Seo - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a robust design of a screw wheel is presented, based on the Taguchi method
to accelerate a screw-based crawling robot. Screw-based crawling robots have been …

FleTbot, a flexible thermoplastic polyurethane applied tri-spiral spoke wheel robot

K Kim, TW Seo - International Journal of Precision Engineering and …, 2024 - Springer
This paper introduces a small robot that overcomes obstacles using flexible thermoplastic
polyurethane (TPU) wheels. The proposed Flexible TPU Applied tri-spiral Spoke Wheel …

Empirical study on characteristics of angled spoke-based wheels on granular media

K Lee, S Ahn, KY Yoo, D Yoon, TW Seo - International Journal of Precision …, 2022 - Springer
In this study, the optimal design parameters of angled spoke-based wheels (ASWs) was
evaluated to maximize the driving speed of a mobile robot with ASWs on granular media. As …

Robust parameter design of an ascender affecting rope deformation for high repeatability

DG Hyun, S Park, J Yang, TW Seo - International Journal of Precision …, 2023 - Springer
In this study, an optimized traction pulley is designed to achieve high repeatability of rope
winches of surface-cleaning robots that estimate positions using the lengths of the ascender …

Position error compensation of Façade-cleaning robot by optimal rope winch design

H Kyong, M Choi, Y Moon, K Lee, J Kim, T Kim… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study aimed to optimize the rope winch of a façade-cleaning robot, a system that travels
vertically using the friction between ropes and pulleys. However, position errors can be …

등강기최적설계를이용한빌딩외벽청소로봇의위치오차보정

경홍준 - 2021 - s-space.snu.ac.kr
본 연구는 빌딩외벽청소로봇의 등강기 최적화를 목적으로 수행되었다. 빌딩외벽청소로봇은
건물 꼭대기에 고정된 로프와 풀리 간의 마찰을 이용해 이동하는 시스템이다. 그러나 다양한 …