Design and Development of a Rapidly Deployable Low-Cost Tensegrity In-Pipe Robot

Yixiang Liu,Xiaolin Dai,Kai Guo,Jiang Wu,Rui Song,Jie Zhao,Yibin Li,Yixiang Liu,Xiaolin Dai,Kai Guo,Jiang Wu,Rui Song,Jie Zhao,Yibin Li

Existing in-pipe robots have insufficient adaptability when dealing with accidents in unfamiliar pipe environments. Developing a pipe robot that can be designed and manufactured quickly is one solution. The tensegrity structure is a self-stressing spatial structure formed by the interaction of rigid members and flexible cables, which has the advantages of simple structure, good flexibility, deform...