In this modern era, the robotics has become most significant key in almost all working fields of engineering where work is done without or with minimal physical interference humans. field robots are being used to reduce effort, ease work, do areas humans inaccessible, give precision etc. essence, utilized boost performance and efficiency while reducing manufacturing costs. The reliable secure m...

Leaking in water pipe is a critical issue in Middle Eastern countries such as Kuwait where water is scarce. In-pipe robots can be dispatched to discover the network and inspect the inner surface of the pipe. This thesis describes the design and characterization of suction pads for in-pipe robots. The suction cups are made of hyperelastic materials that contain air channels inside. Instead of us...

The sewer inspection robot MAKRO is an autonomous multi-segment robot with worm-like shape driven by wheels. It is currently under development in the project MAKRO-PLUS. The robot has to navigate autonomously within sewer systems. Its first tasks will be to take water probes, analyze it onboard, and measure positions of manholes and pipes to detect polluted-loaded sewage and to improve current ...

The picture captured by a tilted camera fmed on the top o f a mobile robot can be mapped by a reprojection as i f the camera u focing down. The reprojected picture has many interest ~ o p e r t i e s . Based on the principle o f reprojection transformation and the a ~ l y ~ b of motion, two realtime algorithms for detecting obstacles in front o f the mobile robot are developed a d compared with...

Pipe robots are used in agricultural engineering for transportation of various materials inside the pipe as well cleaning internal surfaces pipes.
 In this paper a model robot with self-stopping mechanism is proposed and described detail. Numerical investigations performed, obtained results presented form graphical relationships. Variations displacements variations velocities exciting mass...