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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2007
Doo-jin Choi, Daejeon, KR;
Seong-jong Han, Seoul, KR;
Yun-seo Choi, Seoul, KR;
Young-jun Park, Daejeon, KR;
Jae-hoon Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Doo-jin Choi, Daejeon, KR;
Seong-jong Han, Seoul, KR;
Yun-Seo Choi, Seoul, KR;
Young-jun Park, Daejeon, KR;
Jae-hoon Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Samsung Heavy Ind. Co., Ltd., , KR;
Abstract
A wall climbing robot using an Indoor Global Positioning System (IGPS) provided in a room is disclosed. The wall climbing robot includes a navigation receiver configured to receive rotating fan beams emitted from one or more navigation transmitters of the indoor global positioning system, and recognize the rotating fan beams as IGPS signals; a robot frame provided with the navigation receiver mounted; a mobile controller configured to be installed on the robot frame, and to recognize and determine its own position using the IGPS signals; and a drive mechanism configured to travel along the surfaces of the room under control of the mobile controller. The mobile controller includes a central processing unit, an input/output unit, a motion control unit, a drive control unit, a navigation control unit, a sensor signal processor, an emergency processing unit, and an alarm generator.