A review about robotic inspection considering the locomotion systems and odometry

Abstract

There are many types of transportation of fluids such as a truck, train and ship. However, it is not suitable and economic practical. The employment of truck vehicles increase problems with traffic and pollution. The transport of train requires high maintenance of structures responsible for training moves. The ship conveys can be used just where there is sea or lagoon. The most method used to convey fluids is pipeline. However, aging, corrosion, mechanical damage and cracks in pipes, depending on which product is been transported, can be hazardous to the environment or monetary loss. One of the solutions to this problem is to realise maintenance of pipelines. To reduce time of maintenance, it is realised inspection before maintenance. However, there are inaccessible structures of pipes, size extreme temperature that makes dangerous realise manual inspection. The development of embedded system and field of instrumentation makes possible the employment of robotics for the execution of inspection tasks. The principal objective of this work is to realise a review about robots inspection, expound differences between robots considering application, adaptability, locomotion, sensors inspection and odometers.