A patrol robot for electric power substation

Author

Guo, Rui ; Li, Bingqiang ; Sun, Yutian ; Han, Lei

Author_Institution

Electr. Power Robotic Technol. Lab. of State Grid Corp. of China, Shandong Electr. Power Res. Inst., Jinan, China

fYear

2009

fDate

9-12 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

55

Lastpage

59

Abstract

This paper describes the development of a patrol robot for the detection of equipments fault inside an electric power substation. The robot, carrying an infrared thermograph, automatically moves around the substation and positions for collecting images of possible critical points. It is fully featured with autonomous navigation, autonomous battery charging and autonomous equipments recognition. It is also remotely supervised by a wireless system. The robot is successfully applied in several substations to demonstrate its performance.

Keywords

navigation; power apparatus; power system control; power system faults; service robots; autonomous battery charging; autonomous equipments recognition; autonomous navigation; electric power substation; equipment fault; infrared thermograph; patrol robot; wireless system; Hardware; Linux; Magnetic sensors; Power systems; Robot control; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems; Robotics and automation; Substations; autonomous battery charging; equipments recognition; magnetic guidance; patrol robot;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechatronics and Automation, 2009. ICMA 2009. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Changchun

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2692-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2693-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMA.2009.5245105

Filename

5245105