Structure Design and Research on Pipeline Robot of Variable Diameter

摘要

Pipeline robot spiral forward in the pipeline with the detection technology can make it better adapt to different industrial environments, complete the pipeline internal wall exploration and cleaning work. Through the dynamic analysis and calculation of the pipeline robot, the steering structure and the leg structure are innovatively designed. The unique variable-diameter structure allows the robots to adapt to different pipe diameters and has the ability of passing through complicated curves such as L-shaped curves and T-shaped curves. In order to observe the internal information of the pipeline, a 360° rotating camera was installed on the head of the robot, and the picture inside the pipeline was transmitted to the mobile phone or the computer to monitor the internal wall of the pipeline in real time and perform internal cleaning. Experiments show that the spiral pipeline robot has good movement performance.