Title :
Design and Development of Robotic Sewer Inspection Equipment Controlled by Embedded Systems
Author :
Singh, S.P. ; Verma, Ashish ; Shrivastava, Ajay K.
Author_Institution :
Krishna Inst. of Eng. & Tech., Ghaziabad
Abstract :
The presently available sewer inspection equipments based on CCD cameras have limitations and problems, as it requires the sewer lines to be drained. In this paper an automatic robotic sewer inspection equipment is proposed which uses ultrasonic sensors instead of CCD cameras. Hence it can work in water filled pipes without any need to drain it. Its working is controlled by embedded system. This can detect the blockage position and its type. The system can be further enhanced to clean the blockage also.
Keywords :
embedded systems; pipelines; robot vision; service robots; CCD cameras; automatic robotic sewer inspection equipment; embedded systems; sewer inspection equipments; ultrasonic sensors; water filled pipes; Automatic control; Cameras; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Control systems; Embedded system; Inspection; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems; Robotics and automation; Embedded Systems; Robotics; Sewer Blockage Detection; Sewer Maintenance; Sewer Pipeline Inspection; Ultrasonic Sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology, 2008. ICETET '08. First International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nagpur, Maharashtra
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3267-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3267-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICETET.2008.120
