Expliner
Expliner is a robot for inspection of high-voltage power lines. It has special wheels to roll along the lines, and a robotic arm acts as a counterweight for balance. It can inspect live wires up to 500 kilovolts.
- Creator
- Year
- 2010
- Country
- Japan 🇯🇵
- Categories
- Features
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Did you know?
Most transmission-line inspections are performed by humans, which means that the power lines have to be turned off. For Expliner, walking on a live wire is not a problem.
Specs
- Overview
Capable of overcoming cable spacers, suspension clamps, and other obstacles. Able to acquire 360° images of cables and detect defects.
- Status
Discontinued
- Year
2010
- Website
- Width
- 130 cm
- Height
- 150 cm
- Length
- 150 cm
- Weight
- 95 kg
- Speed
- 1.68 km/h
- Sensors
Arrays of CCD cameras with mirrors, HD camera, infrared camera, proximity sensors, gyro and accelerometer, lasers.
- Actuators
Six 200-W brushless DC motors and six 40-W DC motors.
- Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
- 12
- Materials
Aluminum and carbon fiber.
- Compute
10 SH-2 32-bit RISC microcontrollers, one ARM M4 board, and a 8-channel video acquisition board with solid-state drive.
- Software
Embedded system
- Power
12-V 40-Ah lead-acid batteries, 8 hours of operation
