An In-Pipe Manipulator for Contamination-Less Rehabilitation of Water Distribution Pipes

Yip Fun Yeung,Kamal Youcef-Toumi,Yip Fun Yeung,Kamal Youcef-Toumi

The recent development of in-pipe robots (IPR) with locomotion and inspection functions provides a new possibility to water distribution pipe maintenance - to rehabilitate pipe defects internally. Yet only a limited number of Rehabilitation in-pipe robots (R-IPR) have been proposed. One primary concern that impedes the development of Rehabilitation in-pipe robots is the excessive amount of contami...