ワイヤーを用いた周長可変式柱昇降ロボットの開発

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This paper presents a column-lifting robot that can be used for both square and circular columns. Inspections of social infrastructure, such as bridge piers and factory piping, are crucial to prevent accidents from occurring. These inspections are required to avoid falling incidents and to regulate traffic, and thus, robots are needed to conduct such inspections. The goal of this study is to create a versatile robot that can handle both square and circular columns. To accomplish this goal, we propose a column-lifting robot that is not restricted by the shape of the outer circumference by using wires. A prototype has been fabricated, and its usefulness has been verified through operational experiments.