A flat pipeline inspection robot with two wheel chains

Kwon, Young-Sik; Lee, Bae; Whang, In-Cheol; Kim, Whee-kuk

doi:10.1109/icra.2011.5979712

Cited by 51 publications

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“…Elbows ( Figure 1E) are very commonly encountered and are often described in terms of their bend radius; lower radius bends are tighter harder to navigate. T-Sections ( Figure 1F) are extremely challenging obstacles due to their lack of wall support; only sophisticated robotic platforms can navigate these [3]. Each of these in-pipe obstacles can be found in any orientation and possibly even back-to-back e.g., encountering two consecutive bends.…”

Section: Robotic In-pipe Locomotionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Advances in the Inspection of Unpiggable Pipelines

2017

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Abstract:The field of in-pipe robotics covers a vast and varied number of approaches to the inspection of pipelines with robots specialising in pipes ranging anywhere from 10 mm to 1200 mm in diameter. Many of these developed systems focus on overcoming in-pipe obstacles such as T-sections and elbows, as a result important aspects of exploration are treated as sub-systems, namely shape adaptability. One of the most prevalent methods of hybridised locomotion today is wall-pressing; generating traction using the encompassing pipe walls. A review of wall-pressing systems has been performed, covering the different approaches taken since their introduction. The advantages and disadvantages of these systems is discussed as well as their effectiveness in the inspection of networks with highly varying pipe diameters. When compared to unconventional in-pipe robotic techniques, traditional full-bore wall-pressing robots were found to be at a disadvantage.

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Section: Robotic In-pipe Locomotionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Advances in the Inspection of Unpiggable Pipelines

2017

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“…In essence, robots are built to lessen human involvement in the work-intensive and dangerous work condition. Occasionally, robots are utilised to determine unreachable workplaces that cannot be easily accessed by people [3][4][5]. The complicated inner spaces and dangerous contents of pipes need robots for inspection purposes.…”

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“…The complicated inner spaces and dangerous contents of pipes need robots for inspection purposes. For pipe inspection purposes, it is most excellently required to use a robot particularly to inspect the corrosion level, retrieval of usable parts, sludge sampling and scale formation on the inner surface, etc [4]. The mobile robot can be controlled as autonomous, semiautonomous or can also be done manually with specific controller.…”

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confidence: 99%

Design and Development of an Inspection Robot for Oil and Gas Applications

Hajjaj¹,

Khalid²

2018

IJET

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Pipeline or mass transport line are the chief applications which are typically involved in the oil and gas industries. After various background studies, the pipeline involved in such industries comes from a high technology design and material of use. Hence, inspection and maintenance must be done frequently to ensure the pipeline can be used in an excellent working state. The inspection on pipeline must be done before and after its maintenance. However, it is difficult to inspect within the pipe to ensure it is in good condition. Currently, various new types of technology are used for inspection purposes specifically by means of the Non-Destructive Testing, but it highly costly. Thus, this project focuses on the design and development of an inspection robot to perform a pipeline inspection. Some applications that can accommodate to the designing of a robot is that the robot is able to manoeuvre inside the pipeline wirelessly and give a visual interface while proceeding it. Therefore, this project shows the development processes included in the design and development of an inspection robot for the oil and gas applications.

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“…First is inspection from in-pipe using autonomous robot. This tool commonly called in-pipe mobile robot [5][6][7][8][9][10]. The advantages point, the inspector can determine condition of pipe by real-time which grounded even in under of sea.…”

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On the Performance of A Small Out-pipe Inspection Mobile Robot for Chemical Industry

Fuada

2017

IRATJ

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This invention relates to a pipe tracking device which can detect gas leak with offline monitoring based real-time system which displayed by LCD. This device dedicated as gas leak detector at companies that utilize the pipeline as a tool for gas distribution, such as chemical-industry, gas-industry, etc. This inspector robot type is "out-pipe mobile robot". There are two main parts, the sensor and the mechanic. It use ultrasonic sensor as tracking object (straight or curve) and gas sensors to detect the presence of dangerous gas which mixed in air due to leakage. In mechanical aspect, we design mobile robot with small size and support the best maneuver.

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A flat pipeline inspection robot with two wheel chains

Cited by 51 publications

References 10 publications

Advances in the Inspection of Unpiggable Pipelines

Advances in the Inspection of Unpiggable Pipelines

Design and Development of an Inspection Robot for Oil and Gas Applications

On the Performance of A Small Out-pipe Inspection Mobile Robot for Chemical Industry

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