Mechanical Structure Optimization of Sewerage Inspection Robot

The sewerage inspection robot is a distance controllable robot by a human operator during the sewerage pipe inspection operation. It travel on wheels and is composed of mechanism like a mobile robot. The concept of this inspection robot is used to inspect the sewerage pipe that is not accessible and hazardous for human. The sewerage inspection robot will detect and inform the defect location for any maintenance and repair works. The common problems in the sewerage pipe are breakage, crack and obstacles between the connections. The developed sewerage inspection robot needs to be designed to withstand the collapse of the sewerage pipe so that the robot is fit to be used for next jobs. The project presents the mechanical structure optimization of sewerage inspection robot. The robot is solid rectangular shape and a designed for sewerage pipe. The paper also focused on the structural analysis of the developed robot

Development of Wall-Pressed in-Pipe Robot for Cleaning and Inspection Tasks

The aim of the project is to design a pipe cleaning and inspection robot for industrial applications. This is going to use very simple mechanism for cleaning the internal area of the pipe with changing diameters. The design is focusing on developing a bevel gear mechanism which can able to clean and translate the robot body into the pipe effectively. Here we are going to use only single DC motor for both cleaning and locomotion in the pipe. The inspection of the pipe is by using the ultrasonic sensor. The ultrasonic sensor is going to give the distance between the obstacle and the robot. According to the distance measured we are going to know about the bends and joints. The ultrasonic sensor is also going to give information regarding the waste materials accumulated in the pip