Development of Wire Suspended Robot System (ARANEUS 2.0) for Bridge Inspection

7 pages•Published: May 14, 2020

Kazuhide Nakata, Kazuki Umemoto, Kenji Kaneko and Ryusuke Fujisawa

Abstract

This study addresses the development of a robot for inspection of old bridges. By suspending the robot with a wire and controlling the wire length, the movement of the robot is realized. The robot mounts a high-definition camera and aims to detect cracks on the concrete surface of the bridge using this camera. An inspection method using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been proposed. Compared to the method using an unmanned aerial vehicle, the wire suspended robot system has the advantage of insensitivity to wind and ability to carry heavy equipments, this makes it possible to install a high-definition camera and a cleaning function to find cracks that are difficult to detect due to dirt.

Keyphrases: araneus 2.0, bridge inspection system, robotics, unmanned aerial vehicle, wire driven robot

In: Tich Thien Truong, Trung Nghia Tran, Quoc Khai Le and Thanh Nha Nguyen (editors). Proceedings of International Symposium on Applied Science 2019, vol 3, pages 168-174.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/jcSl
	https://doi.org/10.29007/zw9k

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ISAS2019:Development_Wire_Suspended_Robot,
  author    = {Kazuhide Nakata and Kazuki Umemoto and Kenji Kaneko and Ryusuke Fujisawa},
  title     = {Development of Wire Suspended Robot System (ARANEUS 2.0) for Bridge Inspection},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of International Symposium on Applied Science 2019},
  editor    = {Tich Thien Truong and Trung Nghia Tran and Quoc Khai Le and Thanh Nha Nguyen},
  series    = {Kalpa Publications in Engineering},
  volume    = {3},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2515-1770},
  url       = {/publications/paper/jcSl},
  doi       = {10.29007/zw9k},
  pages     = {168-174},
  year      = {2020}}

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