Improvement of LineROVer: A mobile robot for de-icing of transmission lines

Author

Zhao, Jinlong ; Guo, Rui ; Cao, Lei ; Zhang, Feng

Author_Institution

Electr. Power Robot. Lab., Shandong Electr. Power Res. Inst., Jinan, China

fYear

2010

fDate

5-7 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper describes the improvements of LineROVer, a mobile robot for de-icing of overhead transmission lines. A low-voltage DC motor and a Lithiumion battery are used which increase the duration time without increasing the weight of the robot. A wireless transmission module that can be expanded arbitrarily with bidirectional transmission is applied. The electrical control box and battery are specially dealt and a new kind of water resistant joint is used. All these measures improve the waterproofness of the robot and enhance its reliability. Outdoor de-icing experiments were carried out, and the de-icing tools were then modified according to the results. An improvement of the performance was measured.

Keywords

DC motors; cells (electric); mobile robots; safety systems; transmission lines; LineROVer; Lithium ion battery; bidirectional transmission; de-icing; electrical control box; low voltage DC motor; mobile robot; robot waterproofness; transmission line; water resistant joint; wireless transmission; Batteries; Conductors; Ice; Mobile robots; Power transmission lines; de-icing; de-icing tool; mobile robot; transmission line;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Robotics for the Power Industry (CARPI), 2010 1st International Conference on

Conference_Location

Montreal, QC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6633-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CARPI.2010.5624458

Filename

5624458