Cable-Climbing Robots for Power Transmission Lines Inspection

Nayyerloo, Mostafa; Chen, Xiaoqi; Wang, Wenhui; Chase, J. Geoffrey

doi:10.5772/6989

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“…Moreover, there are some critical aspects of the line such as internal corrosion of the steel reinforced aluminium conductors that must be precisely inspected from distances very close to the line that are not accessible from a mobile platform, a helicopter or even a UAV [5]. Another problem when using UAVs is government regulations, since every country has different regulations.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Transmission lines are exposed to a variety of factors, such as corrosion and wind induced vibrations, which cause different problems and limit the life span of the lines [5]. For example, the Brazilian Electric Sector has a transmission grid of over 100,000 kilometres of transmission lines with voltages of above 230kV which needs continuous inspection and maintenance.…”

Section: Devices Used On Transmission Linesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The robot cannot cross obstacles and navigates on the line between two towers. Although this robot is not able to pass obstacles, it is simple and operational [5].…”

Section: Robots Used On Power Transmission Linesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Another method uses unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and airplanes and is highly efficient compared to manual operations but it is more expensive and climate dependant. Thus, since the early 1990s many researchers have proposed mobile robots [1,[3][4][5][6][7], to assist or replace the people working on power transmission lines. The development of these robots is still an open research field.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Review and Latest Trends in Mobile Robots Used on Power Transmission Lines

Gonçalves

Carvalho

2013

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

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This paper presents the current state of the art in mobile robots used on power transmission lines. Many theoretical and experimental studies have been conducted in order to develop autonomous machines to travel along transmission lines to perform inspection and/or repair work. These machines can improve efficiency, reduce labour costs and are expected to reduce the risk of injury to maintenance personnel. Despite there already being a number of pieces of theoretical research and technological developments in this area, problems related to stability, ability and autonomy still exist. As such, first this paper presents the main studies already carried out and the devices generally used on power transmission lines. After the latest trends have been presented, a new idea for module robots carrying out inspections/maintenance of power transmission lines is presented. Finally, the future of mobile robots applied to power transmission lines is discussed.

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Section: Robots Used On Power Transmission Linesmentioning

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Section: Devices Used On Transmission Linesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The robot cannot cross obstacles and navigates on the line between two towers. Although this robot is not able to pass obstacles, it is simple and operational [5].…”

Section: Robots Used On Power Transmission Linesmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Review and Latest Trends in Mobile Robots Used on Power Transmission Lines

Gonçalves

Carvalho

2013

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

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“…Wall climbing/crawling robots were deployed for aircraft inspection (Siegel 1997;Bar-cohen and Backes 2000;Sheng et al 2008), duct inspection (Luk et al 2001), for sewage inspection (Kirchner et al 1997;Adria et al 2004), pipe cleaning and inspection , and tube inspection (Kostin et al 1999). Potential application is power transmission line inspection (Nayyerloo et al 2009;Corley 2009). Bouchard (2010) developed the LineScout robot that can climb on high-voltage power lines for inspection.…”

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Reconfigurable swarm robots for structural health monitoring: a brief review

Jahanshahi

Shen

Mondal

et al. 2017

Int J Intell Robot Appl

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Autonomous monitoring of infrastructure systems offers a promising alternative to manual inspection techniques which are mostly tedious, expensive and prone to error. Robot-based autonomous monitoring systems not only provide higher precision, but they also allow frequent inspection of infrastructure systems at a much lower cost. Recent advancements in robotic systems have led to the development of reconfigurable swarm robots (RSR) that can change their shape and functionality dynamically, without any external intervention. RSR have the advantages of being modular, on-site reconfigurable, multifunctional, incrementally assemble-able, reusable, faulttolerant, and even repairable on the orbit. Newly-developed reconfigurable robots are expected to bring a radical change in the prevailing structural health monitoring techniques, thus augmenting the efficiency, accuracy and affordability of inspection operations. This paper presents a holistic review of the previous studies and state-of-the-art technologies in the field of RSR, and argues that RSR offer great potential advantages from the perspective of monitoring and assessment of civil and mechanical systems. A roadmap for future research has also been outlined based on the limitations of the current methods and anticipated needs of future inspection systems.

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