Crawler type vehicle configured for traveling along a structure, method of hanging/suspending the vehicle for carrying out a crawler-like traveling motion along the structure, and use of at least one crawler type drive unit for active traveling motion

A crawler type vehicle configured for traveling in a suspended manner headlong at a structure, wherein the vehicle comprises:

• a plurality of suspension elements configured for suspending the vehicle and configured for coupling the vehicle to the structure;
• and
• at least one drive unit configured for circumferential motion and accommodating a first circumferential track and a second circumferential track having a different circumferential shape than the first circumferential track, wherein the suspension elements are attached to the first circumferential track at predefined first longitudinal positions corresponding to a predefined raster, wherein the vehicle is configured for moving along the structure by decoupling a subset of the plurality of suspension elements from and coupling them into the structure when the suspension elements are guided along the two circumferential tracks by the circumferential motion.