Title :
Development of robot mechanism for inspection of live-line suspension insulator string in 345kV power lines
Author :
Park, Joon-Young ; Cho, Byung-Hak ; Lee, Jae-Kyung
Author_Institution :
Strategic Technol. Lab., Korea Electr. Power Res. Inst., Daejeon
Abstract :
A new inspection robot mechanism for live-line suspension insulator strings was developed to prevent an insulator failure in power transmission lines. By adopting a wheel-leg moving mechanism, the robot structure becomes very simple, small-sized and lightweight. In addition, this mechanism is superior in insulation to the existing ones, because the number of the insulators contacted by the mechanism is only one. Through experiments, we confirmed its effectiveness.
Keywords :
inspection; insulator testing; legged locomotion; power transmission lines; robot kinematics; inspection robot mechanism; insulator failure; live-line suspension insulator string; power transmission line; robot kinematics; voltage 345 kV; wheel-leg moving mechanism; Automatic control; Cleaning; Dielectrics and electrical insulation; Inspection; Kinematics; Mobile robots; Power transmission lines; Robotics and automation; Sections; Service robots; Insulator Inspection; Live-line Maintenance; Robot Mechanism; Wheel-Leg Type;
Conference_Titel :
Control, Automation and Systems, 2008. ICCAS 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-89-950038-9-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-89-93215-01-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICCAS.2008.4694432
