Service robots: An industrial perspective

Author

Sang Choi ; Rossano, Gregory F. ; Zhang, George ; Fuhlbrigge, Thomas

Author_Institution

Mechatron. & Sensors Dept., ABB U.S. Corp. Res. Center, Windsor, CT, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

11-12 May 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents the overview and the introduction of commercialized robotic products in the industrial service, maintenance and repair sectors. General facts of the industrial service are briefly described, and then we focus on four specific applications including motor /generator inspection, solar panel inspection /cleaning, tank inspection and pipe inspection. For each application, service process characteristics, operational details, technical challenges, requirements are described. Robotics solutions with commercialized products of each application area were introduced and detailed with special features and specification.

Keywords

cleaning; electric generators; industrial robots; inspection; maintenance engineering; pipes; service robots; solar cell arrays; solar power; tanks (containers); commercialized robotic product; generator inspection; industrial service robot; maintenance sector; motor inspection; pipe inspection; repair sector; service process characteristics; solar panel cleaning; solar panel inspection; tank inspection; Cleaning; Inspection; Maintenance engineering; Robot sensing systems; Rotors; Service robots; inspection; robot; service; service robotics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Technologies for Practical Robot Applications (TePRA), 2015 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Woburn, MA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TePRA.2015.7219679

Filename

7219679