The invention relates to a 
tower climbing 
robot and belongs to the technical field of a 
robot. The 
tower climbing 
robot comprises a robot main body structure, an upper 
manipulator and a lower 
manipulator, wherein the robot main body structure consists of an upper mechanical arm (4), a lower mechanical arm (6), an arm opening and closing 
electric motor (5), an arm opening and closing driving motor support (15), an arm opening and closing screw rod (12), a pin nut (14), an upper connecting plate (13-1) and a lower connecting plate (13-2); the upper 
manipulator and the lower manipulator are respectively arranged at the second end of the upper mechanical arm (4) and at the second end of the lower mechanical arm (6); and each manipulator consists of a pitching joint, a 
wrist joint and a gripper jaw. The 
tower climbing robot has a compact structure, can complete complex actions of surmounting obstacles, turning and the like by linkage of a plurality of joints, can 
climb different structure types of towers, has a wide application range, has a certain 
load capacity, can carry about necessary overhaul equipment, and replaces a worker to 
climb the 
power tower to complete corresponding overhaul tasks.