Overview
- Examines a robot prototype that has been improved to provide augmented functionality in terms of its motion unit, communication, power supply, and control system
- Showcases applications of mobile robots for the supervision, penetration and identification of hazardous environments
- Provides state-of-the-art information on mobile inspection robots and pipeline inspection techniques
Part of the book series: Mechanisms and Machine Science (Mechan. Machine Science, volume 82)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book describes the design, mathematical modeling, control system development and experimental validation of a versatile mobile pipe inspection robot. It also discusses a versatile robotic system for pipeline inspection, together with an original, adaptable tracked mobile robot featuring a patented motion unit. Pipeline inspection is a common field of application for mobile robots because the monitoring of inaccessible, long and narrow pipelines is a very difficult task for humans. The main design objective is to minimize the number of robots needed to inspect different types of horizontal and vertical pipelines, with both smooth and rough surfaces. The book includes extensive information on the various design phases, mathematical modeling, simulations and control system development. In closing, the prototype construction process and testing procedures are presented and supplemented with laboratory and field experiments.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Modeling and Control of a Tracked Mobile Robot for Pipeline Inspection
Authors: Michał Ciszewski, Mariusz Giergiel, Tomasz Buratowski, Piotr Małka
Series Title: Mechanisms and Machine Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42715-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42714-6Published: 19 March 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42717-7Published: 19 March 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-42715-3Published: 18 March 2020
Series ISSN: 2211-0984
Series E-ISSN: 2211-0992
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 132
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 91 illustrations in colour
Topics: Machinery and Machine Elements, Robotics and Automation, Computational Intelligence