Authors
Muhammad Fairuz Abdul Jalal*, Khairul Salleh Mohamed Sahari, Ho Ming Fei, Justin Chan Tuck Leong
Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kajang, Selangor 43000, Malaysia
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Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
Corresponding Author
Muhammad Fairuz Abdul Jalal
Received 19 July 2018, Accepted 12 November 2018, Available Online 1 December 2018.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2991/jrnal.2018.5.3.3How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Inspection robot; transmission line; slider
Abstract
The high-voltage transmission line had been used primarily for power distribution from power plant or power station to the end users. However, the transmission line is highly prone to damage due to exposure to various thermal–mechanical loadings and material degradation. Therefore, periodical inspection on transmission line after prolonged service is needed to prevent any failure before it happens. In this paper, we present a new design of three arms inspection robot for transmission lines. The robot is able to transverse along the line and bypass the in-line obstacles namely the anti-vibration hammers, spacer, strain clamps and others. The design of the inspection robot in term of the robot design and configuration with slotted cam at each arm is presented. The detailed analysis via simulation with respect to the robot stability; kinematic and movement analysis; and power consumption during operation is executed to make sure the proposed design able to do the inspection without any unexpected difficulties. Later, the lab testing on the developed prototype is done for feasibility study and validation.

Copyright
© 2018 The Authors. Published by ALife Robotics Corp. Ltd.
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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licences/by-nc/4.0/).