| Developers: | St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | August 2023 |
| Branches: | Electrical and Microelectronics |
2023: Product Announcement
Specialists of the St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation (GUAP) have developed a system for protecting and maintaining power lines (power lines) using small robots capable of moving on wires. The university spoke about the new technology in August 2023.
The LAPstick mobile device is installed on power lines. The system makes shuttle movements along the line, heats it and maintains it in working condition. The device allows you to combat icing on wires without the constant presence of a team service specialist. In addition, the device works without turning off the power line, the developers note.
The system consists of two components - a robotic part and a mathematical model. The first is designed to move along the wires of overhead power lines for cleaning wires and insulators from snow and ice. Also, the robotic part collects information about the technical condition of the supports, insulators and current-carrying parts, weather conditions, currents and voltages in the wire, current frequency and conductor temperature. The second part of the development is mathematical and probabilistic models, which, based on the collected data, determine the technical state of electrical equipment and predict emergency outages.
According to the head of the robotics laboratory of the GUAP engineering school, Alexander Rysin, by August 2023 there are no such mass solutions in Russia. In addition, as he noted, in the USA, China, Canada, the Netherlands, research is carried out on this topic, but the obtained samples are heavy and clumsy, designed to move from support to support. In Russia, there are similar developments using flying drones, but the methods of measuring indicators in accuracy will not compare with the contact methods of the robot developed in the GUAP, added Rysin, whose words are quoted by TASS on August 19, 2023.[1]
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