2015 IEEE Macau Section — Technical Seminar

The operating robot is widely used in power system such as the unattended substation, live operating in high-voltage transmission line, and etc. his seminar will discuss about some key technology used in the operating robot of the power system. The machine vision detection method is used in auto navigation while the operating robot following the line printed on the road. And the cross line indicate that the monitoring point has been reached, then the robot will stop and take the picture of the equipment installed in the unattended substation. Another application is detecting
the deformation of the boiler in the power plant, a mark is installed on the frame of the boiler which is monitored by the fixed camera, and the displacement of the mark which reflect the deformation of the boiler can be detected by the machine vision. Another technology is about the visual servo system, which is used in controlling of the robot arm to position and seize the bolt of the insulator in the transmission line. The robot should to position the bolt from the camera accurately and control the arm steadily to perform a serious of elaborated actions, and the torque controlling will be also considered carefully. The third aspect is about the power supply of the operating robot. A wireless power transmission technology is used in the robot working on the ground. While some new energy power supply system is equipped on the tower of the transmission line and supply the living operating robot through the wireless power transmission to isolated itself from the high voltage network.
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