Transfer Robot Rail Turnaround for Rebar Binding Robots
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing reinforcing bar binding robots require manual lifting and complex structure adjustments, making it difficult to achieve accurate crawling and efficient turnaround operations.
Innovation Solution
A self-propelled robot transfer system with a transfer robot that loads and unloads the self-propelled robot between reinforcing bars and a bogie frame, allowing the robot to move along traverse rails without manual lifting, facilitating easy turnaround operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the reinforcing bar binding robot is moved manually between reinforcing bars, then the robot can be repositioned, but the operator must lift the robot himself which increases operational difficulty and time consumption
Solution Approach 1:
A transfer robot is introduced as an intermediary device to move the self-propelled robot between reinforcing bars. The transfer robot includes a main body that travels along traverse rails and a bogie that carries the self-propelled robot, eliminating the need for manual lifting and reducing operational time.
Solution Approach 2:
The self-propelled robot transfers itself between reinforcing bars by propelling itself onto the bogie of the transfer robot, which then transports it. This self-service capability reduces the need for external manual intervention and speeds up the repositioning process.
2Extent of automation
If the robot includes a crawler mechanism with loading/unloading function, then the robot can transfer itself, but the structure becomes complicated and adjustments for accurate crawling become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The transfer system is divided into two separate robots: a self-propelled robot for binding work and a transfer robot for transportation. This segmentation allows each robot to have a specialized, simpler structure - the self-propelled robot focuses on binding functions while the transfer robot handles movement along traverse rails, avoiding the need for a complex combined crawler mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The transfer robot serves as an intermediary transportation device with a bogie that carries the self-propelled robot. This separates the complex functions of self-propulsion and binding from the transportation function, allowing the transfer robot to have a simpler structure focused only on movement along rails, while the self-propelled robot maintains its binding capabilities without needing integrated crawling mechanisms.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The system enables efficient transfer and movement of self-propelled robots between reinforcing bars without manual intervention, simplifying the turnaround process and improving operational efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
a main body driving wheel that rolls on the traverse rail, a main body frame that is moved on the traverse rail by the main body driving wheel
Implementation Method 2
bogie wheels that roll on the traverse rail, a bogie frame that is moved on the second traverse rail by the bogie wheels
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AI summary
A self-propelled robot transfer system and a transfer robot used in the system is provided with which, when a reinforcing bar binding self-propelled robot reaches near the end of a reinforcing bar while moving on the reinforcing bar as a track, an operator can move the self-propelled robot in the opposite direction using another reinforcing bar as a new track without having to lift the self-propelled robot by himself, as a result of which, turnaround working of the self-propelled robot can be easily achieved.A self-propelled robot transfer system 100 comprises: a transfer robot 110 that can load and unload a self-propelled robot that moves on a plurality of reinforcing bars as tracks; and a pair of traverse rails 120, wherein the transfer robot is integrally composed of a main body unit 112, which includes a main body driving wheel that rolls on the traverse rail, a main body frame that is moved on the traverse rail by the main body driving wheel and a traverse drive section that drives the main body driving wheel, and a bogie unit 111, which is consist of bogie wheels that roll on the traverse rail, a bogie frame that is moved on the traverse rail by the bogie wheels and a loading/unloading assist frame that can transfer the self-propelled robot between the second reinforcing bar and the bogie frame by loading/unloading the self-propelled robot.