Autonomous overhead transmission line inspection robot (TI) development and demonstration

Author

Phillips, Andrew ; Engdahl, E. ; McGuire, D. ; Major, M. ; Bartlett, G.

fYear

2012

fDate

11-13 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

94

Lastpage

95

Abstract

This paper describes a video submission that provides an update on the development of a robot that autonomously inspects high voltage transmission lines. The robot is being developed by the Electric Power Research Institute with collaborative partners American Electric Power, Southern Company, and Southwest Research Institute. The robot will navigate along the shield wire and will be able to perform many types of measurement along the line, bypass obstacles, and harvest power from the shield wire.

Keywords

inspection; motion control; path planning; power overhead lines; power system control; robots; American Electric Power; Electric Power Research Institute; Southern Company; Southwest Research Institute; autonomous overhead transmission line; high voltage transmission line; robot demonstration; robot development; robot navigation; shield wire; transmission line inspection robot; Inspection; Power transmission lines; Robot sensing systems; Wires; Robot Motion; Robot Sensing Systems; Robot Vision Systems; Transmission Lines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Robotics for the Power Industry (CARPI), 2012 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Zurich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4585-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CARPI.2012.6473343

Filename

6473343