Multilink Micro Robots Designed for Inspection in Pipes of Small Diameters

M. M. Knyazkov, E. A. Semenov, A. N. Sukhanov, A. A. Kryukova

2016

Abstract

The importance of designing robotic platforms for pipes of small diameters inspection is connected with necessity of efficiency improvement in technical diagnostics of pipelines of different use, especially in mechanical engineering. This paper is devoted to in-pipe micro robot design. Different techniques of the robot’s motion inside a pipeline have been discussed. The proposed design of the in-pipe robot may be used in experimental investigation of different inspection techniques. The method of determining the speed of micro robot allows finding the speed of micro robot when it moves in different environments with different viscosity under the absence and presence of excessive pressure in the piping system.

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Knyazkov M., Semenov E., Sukhanov A. and Kryukova A. (2016). Multilink Micro Robots Designed for Inspection in Pipes of Small Diameters . In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO, ISBN 978-989-758-198-4, pages 268-273. DOI: 10.5220/0005977002680273


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco16,
author={M. M. Knyazkov and E. A. Semenov and A. N. Sukhanov and A. A. Kryukova},
title={Multilink Micro Robots Designed for Inspection in Pipes of Small Diameters},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,},
year={2016},
pages={268-273},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005977002680273},
isbn={978-989-758-198-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,
TI - Multilink Micro Robots Designed for Inspection in Pipes of Small Diameters
SN - 978-989-758-198-4
AU - Knyazkov M.
AU - Semenov E.
AU - Sukhanov A.
AU - Kryukova A.
PY - 2016
SP - 268
EP - 273
DO - 10.5220/0005977002680273