Title :
Development of multifunctional robotic crawler for cable inspection (MRC2IN)
Author :
Kyeong Ho Cho ; Young Hoon Jin ; Ho Moon Kim ; Hyungpil Moon ; Ja Choon Koo ; Yeong Je Park ; Hyouk Ryeol Choi
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Mech. Eng., Sungkyunkwan Univ., Suwon, South Korea
fDate :
Oct. 30 2013-Nov. 2 2013
Abstract :
For the exact and safe inspection of bridge cables, the climbing robotic system which is able to transport an inspection device has been developed. Main mechanisms were verified with Prototype, and the whole robotic system was developed based on the verified main mechanisms. To overcome winding surface of a cable, the developed caterpillar in place of the normal rubber wheel was equipped with the robot. The performance of the robot was validated with indoor and outdoor experimental environments.
Keywords :
bridges (structures); cables (mechanical); industrial robots; inspection; safety; MRC2IN; bridge cables; cable inspection; climbing robotic system; multifunctional robotic crawler; rubber wheel; safe inspection; Cable Climbing; Climbing Robot; Crawler; Suspension Bridge;
Conference_Titel :
Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence (URAI), 2013 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jeju
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1195-0
DOI :
10.1109/URAI.2013.6677488
