Development of a Maintenance Work Robot for Large Diameter Water Piping – A Vacuum-Cleaning Vehicle Robot –

Yoshinobu Ishikawa; Hidetake Shiire

doi:10.20965/jrm.1995.p0367

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JRM Vol.7 No.5 pp. 367-370

doi: 10.20965/jrm.1995.p0367

(1995)

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Development of a Maintenance Work Robot for Large Diameter Water Piping – A Vacuum-Cleaning Vehicle Robot –

Yoshinobu Ishikawa and Hidetake Shiire

Toshiba Corporation, 1, Toshiba-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183 Japan

Received:

November 12, 1995

Accepted:

November 25, 1995

Published:

October 20, 1995

Keywords:

Maintenance robot, Movement with sufficient suction, Vacuum-cleaning

Abstract

This paper describes a field test of a maintenance robot for water pipes. The results of the test, in addition to the actual movement of the robot along the walls while maintaining sufficient suction levels, the cleaning of the pipe insides, etc., have proved that the new robot would be practical.

Cite this article as:

Y. Ishikawa and H. Shiire, “Development of a Maintenance Work Robot for Large Diameter Water Piping – A Vacuum-Cleaning Vehicle Robot –,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.7, No.5, pp. 367-370, 1995.

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