MHYRO: Modular HYbrid RObot for contact inspection and maintenance in oil & gas plants
A. Lopez-Lora,P.J. Sanchez-Cuevas,A. Suarez,A. Garofano-Soldado,A. Ollero,G. Heredia,A. Lopez-Lora,P.J. Sanchez-Cuevas,A. Suarez,A. Garofano-Soldado,A. Ollero,G. Heredia
In this paper, we propose a new concept of robot which is hybrid, including aerial and crawling subsystems and an arm, and also modular with interchangeable crawling subsystems for different pipe configurations, since it has been designed to cover most industrial oil & gas end-users' requirements. The robot has the same ability than aerial robots to reach otherwise inaccessible locations, but make...
