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Design and Application of Embedded-based Cleaning Robot for Wind Turbine Towers

WEI Jin

(Jiuquan Vocational Technical University, Jiuquan 735000, China)

Section：Robot Technology · Vol. 2026, Issue 15 · Pages：61-64,70 · 2096-4706（2026）15-0061-05 · CLC number：TP24 · Document code：A · DOI：10.19850/j.cnki.2096-4706.2026.15.012

Abstract

To address the operation requirements of vertical surface cleaning for wind turbine towers, this study designs a crawler-type magnetic adsorption traveling mechanism based on the magnetic adsorption principle. The robot is powered by a controllable light-tracking solar panel and a rechargeable battery. It can perceive environmental conditions through a camera, and the robot is remotely controlled via a mobile phone app interface through information interaction between the control system with STM32F103VET6 as the core and the Wi-Fi data transmission module, enabling the control of motion states such as walking, steering, obstacle avoidance, and identification, as well as the lifting and rotation of the brush, the angle adjustment of the brush, the water spraying of the water pump, and the light-tracking action of the solar panel. Field tests show that the prototype climbs stably, the functional components operate normally, and the cleaning effect meets expectations.

Keywords

STM32; mechanical design; control system; wind turbine tower

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About the authors

Wei Jin (May 1990-), male, Han ethnicity, from Lanzhou, Gansu Province, lecturer, master's degree, research direction: product innovation design.