• DocumentCode
    3291310
  • Title

    R&D phases of a mobile robot prototype applied to underground distribution lines

  • Author

    Allan, J.-F. ; Reiher, S. ; Lambert, G. ; Lavoie, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Expertise Robot. et Civil Dept., Hydro-Quebec´´s Res. Inst. (IREQ), Varennes, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    18-22 Oct. 2010
  • Firstpage
    2533
  • Lastpage
    2534
  • Abstract
    This video summarizes the R&D phases of the first robot prototype designed to operate and maintain equipment in vaults for Hydro-Québec´s underground distribution lines, carried out between 2003 and 2009. Detailed segments discuss project´s context, proof of concept, simulations, description and design of robotic platform subsystems, prototype testing at IREQ in the lab and in an outdoor vault, field testing in Montreal on a Joslyn switch in a de-energized vault, and the future of the project.
  • Keywords
    control engineering computing; mobile robots; telerobotics; underground distribution systems; Hydro-Quebec underground distribution lines; IREQ; Joslyn switch; R and D phases; de-energized vault; mobile robot prototype; robotic platform subsystem design; underground distribution lines;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Taipei
  • ISSN
    2153-0858
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6674-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IROS.2010.5649069
  • Filename
    5649069