Design and Implementation of an Inspection Robot for Crack Detection in Flooded Pipes

Jans Solano; Jimm Cisneros; Lucia Sarmiento; Henry Quispe; Albert Hermitano; Diego Quiroz; Jose Balbuena

doi:10.1109/INTERCON59652.2023.10326039

Design and Implementation of an Inspection Robot for Crack Detection in Flooded Pipes

Jans Solano
, Jimm Cisneros
, Lucia Sarmiento
, Henry Quispe
, Albert Hermitano
, Diego Quiroz
, Jose Balbuena

Sección de Ingeniería Mecánica

Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Peru

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

3 Scopus citations

Abstract

The pipeline used to supply drinking water to Andean communities is a crucial component of the water management project in mining complexes that aims to preserve local resources. However, the degraded state of the pipeline poses significant environmental, social and economic risks. To overcome these challenges, the present work proposes the development of a teleoperated robot for the inspection of flooded pipelines. The vehicle features an IP68 protection system to ensure underwater operation, along with measurement and analysis capabilities to assess the pipeline profile. In addition, it incorporates real-time video transmission and visual inspection aids through a graphical interface. Effective communication is ensured within a distance of 600 meters between the vehicle and the command post with a latency of less than 100 ms. Furthermore, an important aspect of this work is the successful segmentation of cracks and fissures using a hybrid CNN-RNN architecture, trained on a dataset comprising online repository images and images captured inside the pipeline.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE 30th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2023
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350315578
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/INTERCON59652.2023.10326039
State	Published - 2023
Event	30th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2023 - Lima, Peru Duration: 2 Nov 2023 → 4 Nov 2023

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Name	Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE 30th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2023

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Conference	30th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2023
Country/Territory	Peru
City	Lima
Period	2/11/23 → 4/11/23

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

CNN
RNN
Service robots
crack detection
pipe inspection

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Solano, J., Cisneros, J., Sarmiento, L., Quispe, H., Hermitano, A., Quiroz, D., & Balbuena, J. (2023). Design and Implementation of an Inspection Robot for Crack Detection in Flooded Pipes. In Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE 30th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2023 (Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE 30th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2023). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/INTERCON59652.2023.10326039

Solano, Jans ; Cisneros, Jimm ; Sarmiento, Lucia et al. / Design and Implementation of an Inspection Robot for Crack Detection in Flooded Pipes. Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE 30th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. (Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE 30th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2023).

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Solano, J, Cisneros, J, Sarmiento, L, Quispe, H, Hermitano, A, Quiroz, D & Balbuena, J 2023, Design and Implementation of an Inspection Robot for Crack Detection in Flooded Pipes. in Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE 30th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2023. Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE 30th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2023, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 30th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2023, Lima, Peru, 2/11/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/INTERCON59652.2023.10326039

Design and Implementation of an Inspection Robot for Crack Detection in Flooded Pipes. / Solano, Jans; Cisneros, Jimm; Sarmiento, Lucia et al.
Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE 30th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. (Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE 30th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2023).

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Solano J, Cisneros J, Sarmiento L, Quispe H, Hermitano A, Quiroz D et al. Design and Implementation of an Inspection Robot for Crack Detection in Flooded Pipes. In Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE 30th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2023. (Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE 30th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2023). doi: 10.1109/INTERCON59652.2023.10326039

Design and Implementation of an Inspection Robot for Crack Detection in Flooded Pipes

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