The paper describes a mobile robot which can travel on an optical-fiber overhead ground wire (OPGW) without any assistance. The ultimate purpose of the robot is the automatic inspection of OPGWs. The robot navigates a ground wire which is located above the actual power lines, and can maneuver over obstacles such as weights installed on the ground wire to stop it from swinging. It can also pass around a tower by using an arc-shaped arm which acts as a guide rail. When the robot reaches a tower, it hangs the rail on the wires at both sides of the tower and moves along the rail. After reaching the other side of the tower, it folds up the rail until arriving at the next tower.


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    Title :

    Mobile Robot for Inspection of Power Transmission Lines


    Contributors:
    J. Sawada (author) / E. Zaima (author) / Y. Maikawa (author) / Y. Ishikawa (author)

    Publication date :

    1991


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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