• DocumentCode
    662751
  • Title

    NDT inspection mobile robot with spiral driven mechanism in pipes

  • Author

    Seungho Kim ; Chang Hoi Kim ; Yeong-geol Bae ; Hyunseok Na ; Seyoung Jung

  • Author_Institution
    Korea Atomic Energy Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    24-26 Oct. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    This paper describes an NDT inspection mobile robot to drive 100m away with inspection module in 10cm pipes. A spiral driven mechanism was adopted to obtain a high traction force. The inspection module was made with a camera and four laser sensors. This module can find out 1mm size defects with a laser image sensor and recognize damages of the pipes using the camera. The mobile robot was tested in a real scale pipe mock-up and verified the function of mobility and accuracy.
  • Keywords
    cameras; image sensors; inspection; mobile robots; nondestructive testing; optical sensors; pipes; NDT inspection mobile robot; camera; damage recognition; high traction force; inspection module; laser image sensor; nondestructive test; pipes; real scale pipe mock-up; size 1 mm; size 10 cm; spiral driven mechanism; Indexes; Lasers; Lungs; Robot sensing systems; In-pipe inspection robot; NDT (Non-Destructive Test); Small pipes; Spiral driven mechanism;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Robotics (ISR), 2013 44th International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISR.2013.6695647
  • Filename
    6695647