[TriEmbed] Experience with inspection robot projects?

[Glen Smith]

I'm with Trampas, but my flying skills are well - non-existent. So I'd put
a wireless camera on my RC rock crawler and drive it around.

On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 2:10 PM Trampas Stern via TriEmbed <
triembed at triembed.org> wrote:

> use a drone
>
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 12:53 PM John Wettroth via TriEmbed <
> triembed at triembed.org> wrote:
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>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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”.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John M. Wettroth
>>
>> E: jwet at mindspring.com
>> M: (919) 349-9875
>> H:  (984) 329-5420
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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?
>>
>>
>>
>> I just finished off my Ham Clock and display project:
>> https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5429286
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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).
>>
>>
>>
>> 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!
>>
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> J'ai bonne espérance!
>>
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