TY - GEN
T1 - A prototype of a small tracked robot for gas pipeline inspection and maintenance
AU - Zhao, Wen
AU - Kamezaki, Mitsuhiro
AU - Yoshida, Kento
AU - Konno, Minoru
AU - Toriumi, Ryoichi
AU - Sugano, Shigeki
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The gas pipeline networks cover approximately 200,000, km in urban region in Japan. The risk caused by severe leakage, cracking, or corrosion will lead to a big accidence for human. Therefore, the gas pipeline robots for regular inspection and maintenance are very essential for the safe operation and supply of gas. In this paper, as a fundamental study of pipeline inspection robots, a new small wireless tracked robot for gas pipeline inspection and maintenance has been developed. Due to robot’s special kinematics, it is capable of moving in straight pipe, turn at elbow and also climb the inclined pipe flexibly and efficiently. Compared with previous robots, it owns two working modes: self-navigation (automated control) and manual control mode for pipeline inspection. Moreover, a preliminary experiment has been implemented with a typical M-pipeline in 10, cm diameter/4, m length. The experiment results revealed that self-navigation could improve the efficiency of inspection.
AB - The gas pipeline networks cover approximately 200,000, km in urban region in Japan. The risk caused by severe leakage, cracking, or corrosion will lead to a big accidence for human. Therefore, the gas pipeline robots for regular inspection and maintenance are very essential for the safe operation and supply of gas. In this paper, as a fundamental study of pipeline inspection robots, a new small wireless tracked robot for gas pipeline inspection and maintenance has been developed. Due to robot’s special kinematics, it is capable of moving in straight pipe, turn at elbow and also climb the inclined pipe flexibly and efficiently. Compared with previous robots, it owns two working modes: self-navigation (automated control) and manual control mode for pipeline inspection. Moreover, a preliminary experiment has been implemented with a typical M-pipeline in 10, cm diameter/4, m length. The experiment results revealed that self-navigation could improve the efficiency of inspection.
KW - Gas pipeline
KW - Self-navigation
KW - Tracked robot
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-73888-8_23
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-73888-8_23
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85040234669
SN - 9783319738871
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 137
EP - 142
BT - Intelligent Human Systems Integration - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Intelligent Human Systems Integration IHSI 2018
A2 - Karwowski, Waldemar
A2 - Ahram, Tareq
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 1st International Conference on Intelligent Human Systems Integration: Integrating People and Intelligent Systems, IHSI 2018
Y2 - 7 January 2018 through 9 January 2018
ER -