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Window Inspiration
Aug. 17th, 2006 11:16 amJust now I was outside looking up at the Hancock Tower. There was a single layer of semi-enclosed scaffolding suspended from cables some 30 floors up, upon which there were people doing something, presumably washing windows. They might have been doing something else like a safety check or repairs (I didn't have my glasses on), but for the sake of this thought bubble lets say they were washing windows.
It seems to me that routine window washing of glass skyscrapers is something that could easily be done robotically, rather than sending humans to such dangerous heights for such a simple task.
The invention that formed in my head involved a unit similar to the suspended scaffolding. Inside, it would be outfitted with any number of robotic limbs for washing, a sprayer for cleaning solution, and a movable cam. The operator could control the whole washing process remotely, and check via the cam for bird poop or other problems. It would be raised and lowered from the roof just as the manned version is, but without the risk involved when actual workers are sent up.
It's very feasible. If they can send a robot Tonka truck gamboling over the hills and dales of Mars, a robot can wash earth-bound skyscraper windows.
TM.
It seems to me that routine window washing of glass skyscrapers is something that could easily be done robotically, rather than sending humans to such dangerous heights for such a simple task.
The invention that formed in my head involved a unit similar to the suspended scaffolding. Inside, it would be outfitted with any number of robotic limbs for washing, a sprayer for cleaning solution, and a movable cam. The operator could control the whole washing process remotely, and check via the cam for bird poop or other problems. It would be raised and lowered from the roof just as the manned version is, but without the risk involved when actual workers are sent up.
It's very feasible. If they can send a robot Tonka truck gamboling over the hills and dales of Mars, a robot can wash earth-bound skyscraper windows.
TM.
