Kite Robot

DESCRIPTION

Kite Robot is a Cleaning-Robots from Kite Robotics. It is built for Cleaning, Inspection.

The Kite robot is Kite Robotics' cable-driven facade and window cleaning robot for low- and high-rise buildings. A rotating brush unit hangs from four cables attached to compact anchor points at the corners of the facade, placed out of sight, and four intelligent winches move it in vertical, adjacent tracks with about 15 cm of overlap across a facade that has been mapped into its software. Once connected it calibrates itself, cleans automatically and returns to its starting position, after which the system is disconnected and stored, so nothing of the robot or its cables is visible when it is not in use; it can also be driven manually with a joystick. The brush's diameter, density and rotation speed are matched to each facade, and its alternating rotation direction reaches corners while a 'smart movement' cable system follows the contours of the surface. It cleans glass, frames and cladding - glass, aluminium, natural stone, plastic and composite - with reverse-osmosis purified water and no chemicals, so windows dry without streaks. Kite rates it at 300 to 800 square metres per hour depending on the facade, against about 50 for manual window cleaning, and says the four cables keep it more stable in wind than conventional cradles. Standard systems handle window recesses of 15 to 20 cm and buildings up to 200 m, with custom versions for recesses of up to 45 cm, heights of 300 m and more, sloped and curved facades, and atriums with gable, mono-pitch or pyramid roofs and domes. A digital twin predicts forces and positions every 10 milliseconds and pauses and recalibrates the robot if real sensor data deviate, and every unit reports operating data to Kite's online diagnostic software for usage-based maintenance and remote support. An optional HD inspection camera, the Kite Facade Inspection System (KFIS), photographs the whole facade during each cleaning run and automatically reports visual changes such as cracks, corrosion or leaks.

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