Design and Development of Climbing Robot for Lightning Rod Maintenance in Substation

After long-term operation, the lightning rod of the substation is prone to corrosion, ponding, etc., which may lead to collapse. Because of its independent high-rise structure, it is difficult for workers to climb for maintenance. Based on the structural of typical lightning rod, this paper proposes and designs a robot that can climb the lightning rod independently, which is mainly composed of a carrier device and an adsorption mechanical arm device. The carrier device can climb the steel pipe base and cross the flange, and the adsorption mechanical arm device can climb the angle steel base and carry the tools to the lightning rod, so as to achieve the maintenance. After testing, The climbing robot developed in this paper can realize the climbing of typical lightning rod and solve the maintenance problem of lightning rod in substation.