A climbing robot traveling along an overhead line including a support structure, the support structure includes a controller, and three cantilevers, i.e., a front cantilever, a middle cantilever and a rear cantilever are mounted at a side of the support structure. Three cantilevers are connected with the support structure through a cantilever base, the front and rear cantilevers are located at both ends of the support structure and include a travel driving mechanism at the top, an opening mechanism, a flexible rotating mechanism and a clamping mechanism in the middle, and a lifting mechanism at the bottom, and the middle cantilever includes a travel driving mechanism at the top, an opening mechanism and a flexible rotating mechanism in the middle, a lifting mechanism at the bottom, and a charging mechanism at a front side of the middle cantilever.