Modular climber robot for the inspection of infraestructures: “RObot Modular EscaladoR para la INspección de infraestructuras”.

The aim of the ROMERIN project is the design and development of a new concept of a modular climber robot for the inspection of infraestructures of difficult or no access such as cooling towers of nuclear power plants.

The main features of the robot are listed below:

• Modular design that allows the adaptation of autonomy and load capacity of the system to the task to be developed.
• Adhesion between the leg of the robot and the surface by per leg vacuum generation and monitoring. It has been decided to use suction cups and legs using a turbine to generate the required negative pressure.
• Distributed control using a biomimetic approach of the reflex movements in the control of the legs.