A cable-tunnel inspecting robot for dangerous environment

This paper presents a kind of mobile robot used for inspecting the cable tunnel online in the dangerous environment. Usually, the calble tunnel is full of poisonous gases after fire, such as CO, CH4, CO2 and so on. Then, the mobile robot is able to tell us whether the tunnel environment is safe or n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fu Zhuang, Chen Zupan, Zheng Chao, Zhao Yanzheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-09-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5772/5610
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Summary:This paper presents a kind of mobile robot used for inspecting the cable tunnel online in the dangerous environment. Usually, the calble tunnel is full of poisonous gases after fire, such as CO, CH4, CO2 and so on. Then, the mobile robot is able to tell us whether the tunnel environment is safe or not. In this paper the architecture of the robot is designed at first to meet the motion requirement in the tunnel. These characteristics distinguish the mobile robot from others like compact structure, small size, little weight and easily being carried. Next, the moving mechanism and its kinematics are described. And thus, the operating procedure and experiments are introuduced to validate its reliablity.
ISSN:1729-8814