Wireless Piping Inspection Vehicle Using Magnetic Adsorption Force

A robot is developed which is able to climb on a perpendicular branched piping and moves on the ceiling in the piping with the radio control. This inspection robot adsorbs to the piping using the magnetic adsorption force of a magnetic crawler and moves in piping. Therefore, the crawler should be co...

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Published inIEEE/ASME transactions on mechatronics Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 472 - 479
Main Authors Nagaya, K., Yoshino, T., Katayama, M., Murakami, I., Ando, Y.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.06.2012
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Adsorption
Camera
Ceilings
climbing the wall
Crawlers
Force
Inspection
Magnetic circuits
magnetic force
Optimization
Piping
piping inspection robot
Radio control
Robot control
Robots
Vehicles
Wheels
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Summary:A robot is developed which is able to climb on a perpendicular branched piping and moves on the ceiling in the piping with the radio control. This inspection robot adsorbs to the piping using the magnetic adsorption force of a magnetic crawler and moves in piping. Therefore, the crawler should be composed of magnets that have optimal adsorption force. In order to design the crawler, the magnetic adsorption force is analyzed, and the design method of the inspection robot in the piping is shown. The robot mounts a radio control unit and a compact radio camera so as to inspect inside of piping. To validate it, a compact crawler type radio control robot is made, and traveling performance or inspection performance in the piping is examined.
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ISSN:1083-4435
1941-014X
DOI:10.1109/TMECH.2011.2182201