AUTONOMOUS ROBOTIC AIRSHIP INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR LARGE-SCALE TANK INTERIORS

摘要

Designing intrinsically safe robotic inspection systems used for unmanned navigation and inspection of large tanks with hazardous and explosive atmosphere is challenging. The disclosed methods and devices provide solutions to overcome such challenge. Intrinsically safe devices and methods using a combination of a lighter-than-air blimp with various intrinsically safe subsystems attached to the blimp are presented.