An aircraft cleaning robot comprises a mobile carrier provided with a first set of wheels and a second set of wheels, wherein one of said first and second sets of wheels operates as a set of front wheels (44a) and the other of said first and second sets of wheels operates as a set of rear wheels (44b); a robot arm having a proximal end attached to the mobile carrier, and a distal end provided with a cleaning head; and a controller configured to control the position of the cleaning head relative to the mobile carrier by operating the robot arm, and to drive the mobile carrier along an aircraft to be cleaned, wherein each of the set of front wheels (44a) and the set of rear wheels (44b) are steerable, and the controller is configured to control the steering angle of the front and rear wheel sets (44a, 44b).
AIRCRAFT CLEANING ROBOT
FLUGZEUGREINIGUNGSROBOTER
ROBOT DE NETTOYAGE D'AÉRONEF
2024-05-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B25J Manipulatoren , MANIPULATORS / B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge / B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen |
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