Pipe Inspection Robot

Pipelines are used to transport various contents like drinking water, crude oil, sewage, radioactive materials all around the world. Pipelines are prone to damage by corrosion, cracking and potential design flaws, they require regular visual inspection, so we make a pipe inspection robot. We created a robot used for in-pipe inspection, it is a true wireless robot. Hydraulic action, camera, lights and movement of the robot is controlled by a microcontroller system to make it a wireless robot. The mechanism used involves a hollow cylindrical base on which three frame link mechanism is attached. DC Motors are attached to the wheels to achieve the drive required. The microcontroller system comprises of an arduino UNO, Bluetooth module and a motor driver. The camera is mounted on the top of the assembly and is used for visual inspection. Through visual inspection detection of cracks, buckle, corrosion, pitting and many other flaws can be detected.