[TriEmbed] Experience with inspection robot projects?

[Trampas Stern]

use a drone

On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 12:53 PM John Wettroth via TriEmbed <
triembed at triembed.org> wrote:

> I worked on a system long ago for the Gas Research Institute (GRI).  It
> was called a Pipe mouse and they deployed them in many forms and still do.
> They looked  like a snake (kind of) and were used for 6” or greater gas
> pipe inspection- corrosion, etc.  The existing model was just a video
> camera based system.  They came to my old company (SAIC- Instrument
> Development Lab) to make an X-Ray backscatter version (our specialty) to
> look at pipe and joint integrity.  We finished the contract but I think
> the video ones are still the vast majority.
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> I like your idea- looks pretty cool and fun.  I wonder if with the price
> of cameras these days, you couldn’t just point a fixed camera at each of
> the trouble spots maybe 4 or 5.  I have a bunch (20 or so) of standard
> definition camera from an old project.  We could make a deal…
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> Here is a link to some work on “Pipe Mice”.
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> Regards,
> John M. Wettroth
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> E: jwet at mindspring.com
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> *From:* TriEmbed <triembed-bounces at triembed.org> *On Behalf Of *Ron Craig
> via TriEmbed
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 26, 2022 2:24 PM
> *To:* Triangle Embedded Interest Group <triembed at triembed.org>
> *Subject:* [TriEmbed] Experience with inspection robot projects?
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> I just finished off my Ham Clock and display project:
> https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5429286
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> I think next I'd like to put a web-controllable camera on a track in my
> crawlspace to keep an eye on things without having to crawl down there.
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> Thought is an inverted T-shaped track with a hobby motor driving a couple
> of wheels and carrying a camera and LED lights around the crawlspace.
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> Pan / tilt. Maybe an arm to lower the camera as needed.  A charging
> station along the track where the car can pull in and top off the battery
> bank(s).
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> The picture below gives some idea what I'm thinking.   Anybody done
> anything similar??
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> Thoughts, experiences, hints and tips are welcome!
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> Best,
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> Ron
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> J'ai bonne espérance!
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