Development of insulator cleaning robot

Abstract

Traditionally, insulator was cleaned manually which is high-risk, labor-intensive and low efficiency. In addition, it is impact of supply to clean insulator manually. Aim of solving the problem upon, a robot was designed for cleaning insulator which can make the clean work consistent and more reliable, and it can be operated at the highest voltage level of 345kV live-line. In this paper, mechanical structure and control system are shown. Finally, we conducted a lot of experiments, and adjust the parameters of the robot repeatedly to ensure the robot can work in the best condition.