Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ICMA.2009.5245105
