Power line inspection and maintenance already benefit from developments in mobile
robotics. This paper presents a comprehensive review of the state of the art. It focuses on …

Power systems face numerous challenges to address the growing need for sustainable
energy worldwide. Several tasks directly focused on power systems operations can be either …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are an emerging and promising alternative for monitoring
of transmission lines in terms of flexibility, complexity, working speed, and cost. One of the …

Inspection of faulty insulators is an effective and practical way to protect the power
transmission lines from accidental power blackouts caused by aging insulators. The …

Due to the increasing labor power shortage and safety requirements in insulator string
inspection, inspection robots have been a primary alternative to replace humans in such an …

The focus of this paper is to show the development, the kinematic conception and the system
architecture of a new remote controlled hydraulic robot specially designed to perform the …

This work proposes architecture of an inspection robot's navigation system, aiming at
monitoring underground energy lines. This architecture is composed of two modules: i …

Transmission lines are a key link in ensuring electricity consumption, and the frequent
occurrence of natural disasters increases the need for power companies to perform effective …

For the faulty insulator diagnosis in extra-high-voltage (EHV) power transmission lines, it is
essential to replace manual detection with insulator detection robots. However, most robots …

The emergence of wireless sensors capable of sensing, embedded computing, and wireless
communication has provided an affordable means of monitoring large-scale civil …