Inspection system of information machine room equipment

Abstract

The invention relates to an inspection system for information machine room equipment, which comprises slide rails mounted in each machine room and a mobile platform moving on the slide rails, and an inspection robot is mounted on the mobile platform; the movable platform carries out rail transfer among the sliding rails through the rail transfer platform; the sliding rails of all the machine rooms are subjected to rail transfer with the rail transfer platform as the center, efficient reuse of one or a small number of inspection robots in the multi-machine-room environment can be achieved, and the use cost is reduced. The multiple adjusting guide rail blocks can form various shapes so as to adapt to the combination of every two different sliding rails, the shape formed by the multiple sets of adjusting guide rail blocks can be adjusted through the shaping strips, and blocking caused when the movable platform penetrates through is avoided.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of inspection robots, in particular to an information room equipment inspection system. BACKGROUND

[0002] Machine rooms are commonly used for storing and managing servers. The servers in the machine room are crucial, and strict management measures are required for the machine room, such as the temperature in the machine room, the signal status light of the equipment, the running status light of the equipment, etc. need to be regularly inspected and monitored. If the above targets are not monitored in time, problems may occur and cause losses. Currently, some robots are used for machine room inspection. The inspection robot is a mobile robot as a carrier, a visible light camera, an infrared thermal imager, etc. as a detection instrument, and an embedded computer as a control system software and hardware development platform. It has obstacle detection and positioning, autonomous operation planning, autonomous obstacle avoidance, autonomous inspection of the line corridor, inspection image and data, background inspection operation management and analysis diagnosis, etc. The data center inspection robot applied to the indoor machine room travels along the predetermined planning route in the fixed corridor, opens the detection instrument in the end box when it reaches the scanning position of a control cabinet, and prepares to detect the data center control cabinet at this station.

[0003] However, the current slide rail type inspection robot system has a significant limitation: each machine room usually needs to be independently designed and installed with a dedicated fixed slide rail system. These slide rails customized for specific machine room spaces are physically isolated and not connected between different machine rooms. This architecture leads to a direct consequence: each machine room equipped with a slide rail must deploy a dedicated inspection robot. As the number of machine rooms increases, the number of required inspection robots also increases linearly, which not only significantly increases the procurement cost of equipment, but also significantly increases the subsequent maintenance, management and storage costs. This "one machine room one slide rail one robot" binding mode causes repeated investment and idle waste of resources, greatly restricting the utilization rate of equipment and overall operational efficiency. Therefore, in order to effectively reduce the operation and maintenance cost and improve the asset flexibility, it is urgent to develop a new type of inspection robot system which can switch and transfer between the independent slide rail networks of different machine rooms, realizing the efficient reuse of a single (or a small number) of robots in a multi-machine room environment. SUMMARY

[0004] In view of the defects of the prior art, the present application provides an information room equipment inspection system to solve the above problems.

[0005] The present application provides the following technical solutions: The application discloses a kind of information machine room equipment inspection systems, including the slide rail installed in each machine room, and the mobile platform moving on the slide rail, the mobile platform is installed with inspection robot;It further includes rail changing platform, and the mobile platform changes rail between each slide rail by rail changing platform; The rail changing platform includes a fixed disc and a rotating disc connected to the fixed disc, the rotating disc is provided with fixed guide rail blocks and movable guide rail blocks, the angle between the fixed guide rail blocks and the movable guide rail blocks is adjusted by the telescopic assembly, and a plurality of sets of adjusting guide rail blocks are provided between the fixed guide rail blocks and the movable guide rail blocks.

[0006] Preferably, the rotating disc is fixedly provided with a guide rail, the fixed guide rail blocks are fixed on the guide rail, and the movable guide rail blocks are movably connected to the guide rail.

[0007] Preferably, the telescopic assembly adopts a multi-section telescopic rod structure.

[0008] Preferably, an elastic rope is provided between the fixed guide rail blocks and the movable guide rail blocks, and the plurality of sets of adjusting guide rail blocks are fixedly connected to the elastic rope, and the elastic rope is located on the side close to the telescopic assembly.

[0009] Preferably, it further includes a shaping strip matched with the fixed guide rail blocks, the movable guide rail blocks and the adjusting guide rail blocks, and the shaping strip is in and out of the fixed guide rail blocks, the movable guide rail blocks and the adjusting guide rail blocks through a pull rope assembly.

[0010] Preferably, the pull rope assembly includes two sets of supports fixed on the fixed disc, corresponding motors are installed on the supports, winding wheels are installed at the output ends of the motors, pull ropes are connected between the end portions of the shaping strips and the respective winding wheels, and the pull ropes are wound on the outer sidewalls of the corresponding winding wheels.

[0011] Preferably, the fixed disc is provided with a limiting guide rail block located on the side edge of the support, the limiting guide rail block is matched with the shaping strip, and the pull rope passes through the limiting guide rail block.

[0012] Preferably, the side wall of the shaping strip extends from one end to the other end and leaves a limiting groove with a spacing, and the inner sidewall of the limiting guide rail block is provided with a guide portion matched with the limiting groove.

[0013] Preferably, the rotating disc is built-in with an electromagnet, the adjusting guide rail block is built-in with a magnetic part, and the electromagnet is magnetically attracted to the magnetic part after being electrified.

[0014] Preferably, the mobile platform includes a mobile base plate and two sets of power wheel assemblies installed on the mobile base plate with power.

[0015] The application has the following beneficial technical effects: The sliding rails of each machine room of the application are centered on the rail changing platform and can change rails, so that single or a small number of inspection robots can be efficiently reused in a multi-machine room environment, and the use cost is reduced.

[0016] The plurality of adjusting guide rail blocks can form various shapes, so that the combination of two different sliding rails can be adapted, and the shape formed by the plurality of adjusting guide rail blocks can be adjusted by the shaping strip to avoid jamming when the moving platform passes. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of the application; Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of the rail changing platform of the first embodiment of the application; Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the cooperation of the fixed guide rail block, the movable guide rail block and the adjusting guide rail block of the application; Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the cooperation structure of the moving platform and the inspection robot of the application; Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of the rail changing platform of the second embodiment of the application; Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of the cooperation structure of the pull rope, the limiting guide rail block and the shaping strip of the application.

[0018] The reference signs in the drawings are: 1, sliding rail; 2, moving platform; 21, moving bottom plate; 22, power wheel assembly; 3, rail changing platform; 4, rotating disc; 41, guide rail; 5, telescopic assembly; 61, fixed guide rail block; 62, movable guide rail block; 7, adjusting guide rail block; 71, hinge; 72, elastic rope; 8, shaping strip; 81, pull rope; 82, limiting groove; 9, bracket; 91, motor; 92, limiting guide rail block; 93, guide part; 100, inspection robot. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0019] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the application, rather than all the embodiments of the application. Based on the embodiments in the application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the application.

[0020] Embodiment one: A kind of information machine room equipment's inspection system, as shown in Figures 1-4 It includes: Each information machine room top wall is provided with corresponding sliding rail 1, sliding rail 1 is installed with moving platform 2, moving platform 2 is powered and moves on sliding rail 1;Inspection robot 100 is installed on moving platform 2.

[0021] The inspection robot 100 includes various inspection instruments such as optical cameras and infrared thermal imagers installed at the end of a six-axis robot.

[0022] like Figure 4 As shown, the mobile platform 2 includes a mobile base plate 21 and two sets of power wheel assemblies 22. The power wheel assemblies 22 are powered to move on the slide rail 1. The inspection robot 100 is installed at the bottom of the mobile base plate 21.

[0023] The slide rails 1 in the same area are located on the same plane and are connected to the track changing platform 3, such as Figures 2-3 As shown, the ends of each slide rail 1 are distributed circumferentially around the track changing platform 3. The track changing platform 3 includes a fixed plate and a turntable 4. The fixed plate is fixed to the roof, and the turntable 4 is rotatably connected to the fixed plate. A power component driven by a servo motor is installed on the fixed plate, and the turntable 4 is driven to rotate on the fixed plate by the power component. The bottom wall of the turntable 4 is fixedly provided with an arc-shaped and coaxial guide rail 41. The fixed guide rail block 61 is fixed at one end of the guide rail 41, and the movable guide rail block 62 is slidably connected to the guide rail 41. The movable guide rail block 62 is guided by the guide rail 41 to slide in an arc (within a range of 180°) closer to or away from the fixed guide rail block 61. Telescopic component 5 can adopt an electrically driven multi-section telescopic rod structure, with both ends of telescopic component 5 hinged to fixed guide rail block 61 and movable guide rail block 62 respectively. Multiple sets of adjustable guide blocks 7 are provided between the fixed guide block 61 and the movable guide block 62. The fixed guide block 61 and the adjustable guide blocks 7, adjacent adjustable guide blocks 7, and the adjustable guide blocks 7 and the movable guide block 62 are hinged together by corresponding hinges 71. The two ends of the elastic rope 72 are fixed to the side walls of the fixed guide block 61 and the movable guide block 62, and all the adjustable guide blocks 7 are fixedly connected to the elastic rope 72. The elastic rope 72 is located between the hinge 71 and the telescopic component 5.

[0024] like Figure 3 As shown, when the telescopic component 5 is in its longest state, the fixed guide rail block 61, the movable guide rail block 62, and the multiple sets of adjusting guide rail blocks 7 are located on the same straight line, and the elastic rope 72 is in a state of being stretched and tending to shorten.

[0025] Working principle: When the inspection robot 100 needs to be moved from one set of slide rails 1 to another set of slide rails 1, the telescopic component 5 is shortened according to the included angle between the ends of the two sets of slide rails 1. The shortening of the telescopic component 5 controls the movable guide block 62 to move closer to the fixed guide block 61, so that the included angle formed by the movable guide block 62 and the fixed guide block 61 is the same as the included angle between the two sets of slide rails 1.

[0026] During the shortening process of the telescopic component 5, the elastic force of the elastic rope 72 assists in the deformation and adjustment of the shape of multiple sets of adjusting guide blocks 7. The hinge 71 causes relative rotation between the fixed guide block 61 and the adjusting guide block 7, between two adjacent adjusting guide blocks 7, and between the adjusting guide block 7 and the movable guide block 62, thereby adjusting the curvature of the composition.

[0027] After the fixed guide block 61, the movable guide block 62 and the adjustable guide block 7 form a set arc angle, the turntable 4 is driven to rotate by the power component, so that the fixed guide block 61 and the movable guide block 62 each correspond to the two sets of slide rails 1.

[0028] The fixed guide rail block 61, the movable guide rail block 62, the adjusting guide rail block 7 and the slide rail 1 have the same cross-section, so that they can all be moved by the movable platform 2.

[0029] Then the mobile platform 2 moves from one set of slide rails 1 through the channel formed by the fixed guide rail block 61, multiple sets of adjustable guide rail blocks 7, and movable guide rail block 62 to another set of slide rails 1.

[0030] Furthermore, the distance between the two sets of power wheel assemblies 22 is greater than the distance between the fixed guide rail block 61 and the movable guide rail block 62, thereby avoiding the application of all the gravity of the mobile platform 2 and the inspection robot 100 on it to the fixed guide rail block 61, the movable guide rail block 62 and the adjusting guide rail block 7.

[0031] Example 2: Contains all the contents of Example 1, except that: like Figures 5-6 As shown, two sets of brackets 9 are fixed on the fixed plate, and each bracket 9 is equipped with a corresponding motor 91. A reel (not shown in the attached diagram) is installed at the output end of each motor 91, and a corresponding pull rope 81 is wound around the reel (e.g., ...). Figure 5 As shown by the red line in the diagram, a corresponding limiting guide block 92 is fixedly installed near the bracket 9. The shape of the limiting guide block 92 is adapted to the shape strip 8. The outer diameter of the pull rope 81 is relatively thin. A tension sensor is installed on the pull rope 81. The ends of the two pull ropes 81 pass through the corresponding limiting guide block 92 and are connected to the two ends of the shape strip 8. The shape strip 8 is a flexible structure and is adapted to the fixed guide block 61, the movable guide block 62, and the adjusting guide block 7.

[0032] Working principle: Before the telescopic assembly 5 adjusts the angle formed by the fixed guide block 61 and the movable guide block 62, the shaping strip 8 is placed inside the multiple sets of adjusting guide blocks 7. At this time, the two ends of the shaping strip 8 are located inside the fixed guide block 61 and the movable guide block 62 respectively, and the pull rope 81 is in a relaxed state. Then the telescopic component 5 extends and adjusts the angle formed by the fixed guide rail block 61 and the movable guide rail block 62. During this process, the shaping strip 8 changes shape following the changes of multiple sets of adjusting guide rail blocks 7. Then, the turntable 4 rotates to align the fixed guide block 61 with one of the brackets 9, so that the fixed guide block 61 is aligned with the corresponding limiting guide block 92 of the bracket 9. The motor 91 on the bracket 9 rotates to wind up the corresponding pull rope 81, thereby pulling out the shaping strip 8 through the pull rope 81. During this process, the shaping strip 8 passes through the fixed guide block 61 and the limiting guide block 92 and wraps around the outer wall of the reel, so that the shaping strip 8 is completely separated from the fixed guide block 61, the adjusting guide block 7 and the movable guide block 62. During this process, the shaping strip 8 moves relative to the multiple sets of adjusting guide blocks 7 after the posture is adjusted, thereby shaping the multiple sets of adjusting guide blocks 7.

[0033] Then, the turntable 4 rotates so that the fixed guide rail block 61 and the movable guide rail block 62 correspond to the two sets of slide rails 1 that need to be connected. Then, the two sets of motors 91 rotate to tighten the two pull ropes 81. The tension sensor on the pull rope 81 determines whether it is tightened. Tightening the two pull ropes 81 can avoid adverse effects on the movement of the mobile platform 2 within the fixed guide rail block 61, the adjusting guide rail block 7 and the movable guide rail block 62.

[0034] Furthermore, multiple grooves can be opened on the inner sidewalls of the fixed guide block 61, the adjusting guide block 7, and the movable guide block 62 for the pull rope 81 to be embedded. After the pull rope 81 is tightened, it can be embedded into the groove to further prevent adverse effects on the moving platform 2 when it passes through the fixed guide block 61, the adjusting guide block 7, and the movable guide block 62.

[0035] Alternatively, two sets of brackets 9 can be fixed on the turntable 4, with one set of brackets 9 located near the fixed guide block 61.

[0036] like Figure 6 As shown, in order to prevent the shaping strip 8 from completely detaching from the limiting guide block 92 during the rotation of the motor 91 and winding of the corresponding pull rope 81, a guide part 93 is provided on the inner side wall of the limiting guide block 92, and a limiting groove 82 is provided on the outer side wall of the shaping strip 8 extending from one end to the other end (leaving a gap) along the length direction. The limiting groove 82 is set with one end open and the other end closed.

[0037] As the shaping strip 8 passes through the limiting guide block 92, the guide part 93 slides relative to the limiting groove 82. The closed end of the limiting groove 82 prevents the shaping strip 8 from completely detaching from the limiting guide block 92, thereby preventing it from being aligned and entering the fixed guide block 61, the adjusting guide block 7 and the movable guide block 62 in the desired posture under the pull of another pull rope 81.

[0038] Furthermore, an electromagnet (not shown in the attached diagram) can be built into the turntable 4. The electromagnet generates magnetism or loses magnetism by switching the power on and off. Each adjustment guide block 7 has a built-in magnetic component (such as a permanent magnet or an iron block). After the shaping strip 8 shapes the adjustment guide block 7, the electromagnet generates magnetism when energized. The electromagnet and each magnetic component magnetically cooperate to magnetically fix each adjustment guide block 7 after adjustment.

[0039] The shaping strip 8 shapes the multiple sets of adjustment guide blocks 7 after the posture is adjusted, ensuring smooth connection of the multiple sets of adjustment guide blocks 7 after the posture is adjusted, and avoiding jamming of the moving platform 2 caused by the assembly precision between two adjacent adjustment guide blocks 7.

[0040] The embodiments described above are merely illustrative of specific implementations of the present invention, and while the descriptions are detailed, they should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that those skilled in the art can make various modifications and improvements without departing from the concept of the present invention, and these modifications and improvements all fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. An inspection system for information equipment room, comprising a slide rail (1) installed in each equipment room and a mobile platform (2) moving on the slide rail (1), wherein an inspection robot (100) is installed on the mobile platform (2), characterized in that: It also includes a track-changing platform (3), through which the mobile platform (2) changes track between each slide rail (1); The track-changing platform (3) includes a fixed disk and a turntable (4) rotatably connected to the fixed disk. The turntable (4) is provided with a fixed guide block (61) and a movable guide block (62). The angle formed between the fixed guide block (61) and the movable guide block (62) is adjusted by a telescopic component (5). Multiple sets of adjustable guide blocks (7) are provided between the fixed guide block (61) and the movable guide block (62). Adjacent fixed guide blocks (61), adjustable guide blocks (7) and movable guide blocks (62) are rotatably connected by hinges (71).

2. The inspection system for information room equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that, A guide rail (41) is fixedly installed on the turntable (4), the fixed guide rail block (61) is fixed on the guide rail (41), and the movable guide rail block (62) is movably connected to the guide rail (41).

3. The inspection system for information room equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that, The telescopic assembly (5) adopts a multi-section telescopic rod structure.

4. The inspection system for information room equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that, An elastic rope (72) is provided between the fixed guide block (61) and the movable guide block (62), and multiple sets of adjustable guide blocks (7) are fixedly connected to the elastic rope (72). The elastic rope (72) is located on the side close to the telescopic component (5).

5. The inspection system for information room equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that, It also includes a shaping strip (8) adapted to the fixed guide block (61), the movable guide block (62) and the adjusting guide block (7), the shaping strip (8) moving in and out of the fixed guide block (61), the movable guide block (62) and the adjusting guide block (7) via a pull rope assembly.

6. The inspection system for information room equipment according to claim 5, characterized in that, The pull rope assembly includes two sets of brackets (9) fixed on a fixed plate. A corresponding motor (91) is installed on the bracket (9). A reel is installed at the output end of the motor (91). A pull rope (81) is connected between the end of the shaping strip (8) and its respective reel. The pull rope (81) is wound around the outer wall of the corresponding reel.

7. The inspection system for information room equipment according to claim 6, characterized in that, The fixed plate is provided with a limiting guide block (92) located on the side of the bracket (9). The limiting guide block (92) is adapted to the shaping strip (8). The pull rope (81) passes through the limiting guide block (92).

8. The inspection system for information room equipment according to claim 7, characterized in that, The sidewall of the shaping strip (8) extends from one end to the other and has a locating groove (82) at intervals. The inner sidewall of the locating guide block (92) is provided with a guide part (93) that matches the locating groove (82).

9. The inspection system for information room equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that, The turntable (4) has an electromagnet built in it, and the adjusting guide block (7) has a magnetic component built in it. When the electromagnet is energized, it magnetically attracts the magnetic component.

10. The inspection system for information room equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that, The mobile platform (2) includes a mobile base plate (21) and two sets of power wheel assemblies (22) mounted on the mobile base plate (21) with their own power.

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