A Pneumatic Robotic System for Inspection of Underground Electrical Conduit

Author

Nunez, A.F. ; Veiga, F.F. ; Goncalves, M.M. ; Teixeira, F.P. ; Horn, A.C. ; Estrada, E.S.D. ; Botelho, Silvia S. C.

Author_Institution

Centro de Cienc. Computacionais, Univ. Fed. do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, Brazil

fYear

2013

fDate

14-15 March 2013

Firstpage

57

Lastpage

62

Abstract

This paper presents the design of a pneumatic robotic system to support the inspection of conduits according to the Electric Energy Company of the State of Rio Grande do Sul standard. Throughout the text is given an emphasis on mechanical solution developed, based on the movement of a caterpillar. Moreover, the pneumatic actuators are specified, the onboard electronics and thermal sensor used in the project. Results of the mechanical design and acquisition of images of the thermal camera are presented.

Keywords

electric conduits; inspection; pneumatic actuators; pneumatic systems; robots; electric energy company; image acquisition; mechanical design; mechanical solution; pneumatic actuators; pneumatic robotic system; thermal camera; thermal sensor; underground electrical conduit inspection; Abstracts; Automation; Inspection; Integrated circuit modeling; Pneumatic systems; Robot sensing systems; conduits; pneumatic robot; predictive inspection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computing and Automation for Offshore Shipbuilding (NAVCOMP), 2013 Symposium on

Conference_Location

Rio Grande

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAVCOMP.2013.17

Filename

6686115