Title :
The design and application of SmartCopter: An unmanned helicopter based robot for transmission line inspection
Author :
Hongmei Li ; Binhai Wang ; Liang Liu ; Gangyin Tian ; Tianru Zheng ; Jingjing Zhang
Author_Institution :
State Grid Shandong Electr. Power Co., Jinan, China
Abstract :
Power line inspection is essential work for the maintenance of electric grids. Besides manually inspecting power lines, which is still the main method, helicopters are also used for the inspection from the sky. In the recent years, unmanned flying systems were used for power line inspection in order to reduce the risk. In this paper, the design and application of SmartCopter, an unmanned autonomous helicopter based inspection robot, are described, including the design of flight control, inspection system, safe distance design, ground station, inspection mode, etc. Some inspection results are presented as well.
Keywords :
aircraft control; autonomous aerial vehicles; control system synthesis; helicopters; inspection; power overhead lines; service robots; SmartCopter; flight control design; ground station; inspection mode; inspection robot; inspection system; power line inspection; safe distance design; transmission line inspection; unmanned helicopter based robot; Cameras; Control systems; Helicopters; Inspection; Poles and towers; Power transmission lines; Robots; Inspection; Transmission line; UAV;
Conference_Titel :
Chinese Automation Congress (CAC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Changsha
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0332-0
DOI :
10.1109/CAC.2013.6775824
