A patrol robot for electric power substation

This paper describes the development of a patrol robot for the detection of equipments fault inside an electric power substation. The robot, carrying an infrared thermograph, automatically moves around the substation and positions for collecting images of possible critical points. It is fully featured with autonomous navigation, autonomous battery charging and autonomous equipments recognition. It is also remotely supervised by a wireless system. The robot is successfully applied in several substations to demonstrate its performance.

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