Raptor: A Design of a Drain Inspection Robot.

ABSTRACT: Frequent inspections are essential for drains to maintain proper function to ensure public health and safety. Robots have been developed to aid the drain inspection process. However, existing robots designed for drain inspection require improvements in their design and autonomy. This paper proposes a novel design of a drain inspection robot named Raptor. The robot has been designed with a manually reconfigurable wheel axle mechanism, which allows the change of ground clearance height. Design aspects of the robot, such as mechanical design, control architecture and autonomy functions, are comprehensively described in the paper, and insights are included. Maintaining the robot's position in the middle of a drain when moving along the drain is essential for the inspection process. Thus, a fuz

SUBMITTER: Muthugala MAVJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8434159 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature