High voltage tower climbing robot is mainly used to climb all kinds of tower structure, control system mainly has two aspects, one is the chip microcomputer detecting control system using PIC16F877A as the controller; the other is the total control system used to coordinate various parts of sub function module using the PLC controller as the core. This module control method can improve the efficiency of the whole control system. In addition, the PID algorithm of SIEMENS S7-200PLC is used in catching control, which makes control system more stable and efficient.