TY - GEN
T1 - Analytical model of pipe inspection robot using flexible pneumatic cylinder
AU - Qiu, Haojun
AU - Dohta, Shujiro
AU - Akagi, Tetsuya
AU - Shimooka, So
AU - Fujimoto, Shinsaku
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - A pipe inspection robot is useful to reduce the inspection cost. In our previous study, a novel pipe inspection robot using a flexible pneumatic cylinder that can be driven even if it bends has been proposed and tested. The built-in pneumatic driving system using a tiny embedded controller and small-sized valves have also been proposed and tested to decrease the mass of the robot for increasing inspection area. In this chapter, in order to find out the optimal driving pattern and length of the robot, an analytical model of the pipe inspection robot is proposed. The model consists of two on/off control valves and a sliding mechanism which is composed of a flexible pneumatic cylinder.
AB - A pipe inspection robot is useful to reduce the inspection cost. In our previous study, a novel pipe inspection robot using a flexible pneumatic cylinder that can be driven even if it bends has been proposed and tested. The built-in pneumatic driving system using a tiny embedded controller and small-sized valves have also been proposed and tested to decrease the mass of the robot for increasing inspection area. In this chapter, in order to find out the optimal driving pattern and length of the robot, an analytical model of the pipe inspection robot is proposed. The model consists of two on/off control valves and a sliding mechanism which is composed of a flexible pneumatic cylinder.
KW - Analytical model
KW - Flexible pneumatic cylinder
KW - Pipe inspection robot
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84951949387&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84951949387&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-17314-6_43
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-17314-6_43
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84951949387
SN - 9783319173139
T3 - Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
SP - 325
EP - 334
BT - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Technologies and Engineering Systems, ICITES 2014
A2 - Juang, Jengnan
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Technologies and Engineering Systems, ICITES 2014
Y2 - 19 December 2014 through 21 December 2014
ER -