[PDF][PDF] A review on wheeled type in-pipe inspection robot

RS Elankavi, D Dinakaran… - International …, 2022 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Research in In-Pipe Inspection Robots (IPIRs) has gained interest over recent years.
Pipeline inspection robots bring reliability and repeatability to various pipeline inspection …

A localization and navigation method for an in-pipe robot in water distribution system through wireless control towards long-distance inspection

S Kazeminasab, MK Banks - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose an operation procedure for our previously developed in-pipe
robotic system that is used for water quality monitoring in water distribution systems (WDS) …

[HTML][HTML] Smartcrawler: a size-adaptable in-pipe wireless robotic system with two-phase motion control algorithm in water distribution systems

S Kazeminasab, MK Banks - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Incidents to pipes cause damage in water distribution systems (WDS) and access to all parts
of the WDS is a challenging task. In this paper, we propose an integrated wireless robotic …

Development of a Wheel-Type In-Pipe Robot Using Continuously Variable Transmission Mechanisms for Pipeline Inspection

J Park, T Luong, H Moon - Biomimetics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Pipelines are embedded in industrial sites and residential environments, and maintaining
these pipes is crucial to prevent leakage. Given that most pipelines are buried, the …

Smart navigation for an in-pipe robot through multi-phase motion control and particle filtering method

S Kazeminasab, V Janfaza, M Razavi… - … Conference on Electro …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In-pipe robots are promising solutions for condition assessment, leak detection, water quality
monitoring in a variety of other tasks in pipeline networks. Smart navigation is an extremely …

Towards long-distance inspection for in-pipe robots in water distribution systems with smart motion facilitated by particle filter and multi-phase motion controller

S Kazeminasab, MK Banks - Intelligent Service Robotics, 2022 - Springer
Incidents in water distribution systems cause water loss and water contamination that
requires the utility managers to assess the condition of pipelines frequently. However …

SmartCrawler: An In-pipe Robotic System with Novel Low-frequency Wireless Communication Setup in Water Distribution Systems

S Kazeminasab, MK Banks - Authorea Preprints, 2023 - techrxiv.org
Water Distribution Systems (WDS) are critical infrastructures that deliver potable water to
residential areas. Water quality monitoring is one of the requirements for utility managers to …

Smooth Motion Control Policy of Wall-Pressing Pipeline Robots

T Zheng, H Li, X Wang, Z Jiang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aiming at several key problems, such as motion discontinuity, getting stuck and body
deformation, and appearing in the motion of wall-pressing pipeline robots (WPPRs) …

Feedback control of a pipe cleaning snake robot with two helixes connected

H Tanihira, M Nakajima, M Tanaka - Advanced Robotics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, we present a method for moving a snake robot in a pipe while generating slips
between the robot and the pipe wall. This method is intended to be applied to pipe cleaning …

SmartCrawler: An in-pipe robotic system with wireless communication in water distribution systems

S Kazeminasab, R Jafari, MK Banks - arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.06344, 2021 - arxiv.org
Water Distribution Systems (WDS) are critical infrastructures that deliver potable water to
residential areas. Incidents to pipelines cause water loss and contamination in pipelines …