DocumentCode
254973
Title
Brachiating power line inspection robot
Author
Patel, J. ; Boje, E.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
fYear
2014
fDate
14-16 Oct. 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
6
Abstract
This paper discusses the mechanical design considerations for the development of a brachiating power line inspection robot. The paper outlines the motivation for selecting brachiating as a mode of locomotion and then develops the mechanical user specifications for the design of an industrially useful inspection robot. The robot configuration, swinging behavior and initial gripper design are presented.
Keywords
design engineering; industrial robots; inspection; mobile robots; power cables; Brachiating power line inspection robot; gripper design; industrial useful inspection robot; mechanical design; mechanical user specifications; robot configuration; swinging behavior; Grippers; Inspection; Payloads; Robot kinematics; Service robots; Torque; Brachiating robot; Power line inspection;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Applied Robotics for the Power Industry (CARPI), 2014 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location
Foz do Iguassu
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-6420-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CARPI.2014.7030043
Filename
7030043
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