Journal
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 13, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app11136220
Keywords
aerial manipulation; inspection and maintenance; power lines
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Funding
- AERIAL-CORE project (Horizon 2020 Grant) [871479]
- 2018 FPI Program of the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades
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This paper describes the goals of the AERIAL-CORE project for developing aerial robots to assist human operators in power lines inspection and maintenance, presenting the preliminary designs and experimental results obtained in the first year of the project.
The power grid is an essential infrastructure in any country, comprising thousands of kilometers of power lines that require periodic inspection and maintenance, carried out nowadays by human operators in risky conditions. To increase safety and reduce time and cost with respect to conventional solutions involving manned helicopters and heavy vehicles, the AERIAL-CORE project proposes the development of aerial robots capable of performing aerial manipulation operations to assist human operators in power lines inspection and maintenance, allowing the installation of devices, such as bird flight diverters or electrical spacers, and the fast delivery and retrieval of tools. This manuscript describes the goals and functionalities to be developed for safe local aerial manipulation, presenting the preliminary designs and experimental results obtained in the first year of the project.
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