A Remote Control Painting System for Exterior Walls of High-Rise Buildings through Robotic System

TL;DR

This paper presents a prototype remote-controlled robotic system for exterior wall painting of high-rise buildings, aiming to enhance safety and efficiency through automation and smartphone control.

Contribution

It introduces a novel remote-controlled painting prototype with a four-direction spray mechanism operated via Bluetooth, paving the way for future robotic automation.

Findings

Prototype successfully demonstrates remote operation

System improves safety by reducing manual labor risks

Potential for future robotic automation and efficiency gains

Abstract

Exterior painting of high-rise buildings is a challenging task. In our country, as well as in other countries of the world, this task is accomplished manually, which is risky and life-threatening for the workers. Researchers and industry experts are trying to find an automatic and robotic solution for the exterior painting of high-rise building walls. In this paper, we propose a solution to this problem. We design and implement a prototype for automatically painting the building walls' exteriors. A spray mechanism was introduced in the prototype that can move in four different directions (up-down and left-right). All the movements are achieved by using microcontroller-operated servo motors. Further, these components create a scope to upgrade the proposed remote-controlled system to a robotic system in the future. In the presented system, all the operations are controlled remotely from a smartphone interface. Bluetooth technology is used for remote communications. It is expected that the suggested system will improve productivity with better workplace safety.