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Robot for checking energy and processing plants

27.09.2021

The Swiss company ANYbotics demonstrated a new industrial robot - ANYmal D, which can operate in the temperature range from -20 to 500 ° C and is designed to check complex industrial and energy installations

The four-legged robot climbs into hard-to-reach places and checks the operation of the equipment: for example, it can detect overheating through a thermal imaging camera or unusual sounds (using a microphone) that indicate possible problems in the system.

The robotic inspector is equipped with a lidar for a panoramic view of the terrain and wide-angle color cameras that allow the robot to bypass obstacles and "orient" in space. Having given it a route and stopping points once, the robot can then follow it and check systems for malfunctions. If a problem is detected during a walk, the walking robot sends an alert to the control room via Wi-Fi or LTE.

ANYmal D can operate in a wide temperature range (-20 to 500° C) and in the dark (3500 lumen LED spotlight is provided for this). Also, the manufacturer notes the presence of a built-in computer, with which the robot can perform tasks without connecting to the Internet. A camera with a built-in 20x zoom provides a visual inspection of the mechanisms without the need to get close to them.

The battery life of the device is one and a half hours. Before the batteries are completely discharged, the robot independently returns to the charging station, where it needs to stay for about three hours to replenish the batteries from 0 to 100%.

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