A modular pipe-crawling robot for in-pipe maintenance operations in aspects of the present disclosure may have one or more of the following features: (a) at least two locomotion modules, (b) each module has feet which can extend outward to grip a wall of a pipe while simultaneously reducing its length or disengaging its feet from the inner wall while increasing its length, (c) a gear mechanism built into mechanical linkage, wherein each module's feet are held perpendicular with respect to the inner wall of the pipe, and (d) a joint coupling the at least two modules.


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    Titel :

    MODULAR ROBOTIC CRAWLER WITH HYBRID LOCOMOTION FOR INSPECTION OF SMALL DIAMETER PIPE


    Beteiligte:
    FEKRMANDI HADI (Autor:in) / HILLARD PHILLIP (Autor:in) / RUTAN-BEDARD SKYE (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    20.05.2021


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Klassifikation :

    IPC:    F16L PIPES , Rohre / B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge



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