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Live maintenance robot for high-voltage transmission lines

Wei Jiang (Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, China and Hubei Engineering Research Center of Industrial Detonator Intelligent Assembly, Wuhan, China)
Yu Yan (State Grid of Hunan Electric Power Company Maintenance Company, Changsha, China)
An Zhang (Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, China and Hubei Engineering Research Center of Industrial Detonator Intelligent Assembly, Wuhan, China)
Lianqing Yu (Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, China and Hubei Engineering Research Center of Industrial Detonator Intelligent Assembly, Wuhan, China)
Gan Zuo (Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, China and Hubei Engineering Research Center of Industrial Detonator Intelligent Assembly, Wuhan, China)
Hong Jun Li (Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, China and Hubei Engineering Research Center of Industrial Detonator Intelligent Assembly, Wuhan, China)
Wei Chen (Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, China and Hubei Engineering Research Center of Industrial Detonator Intelligent Assembly, Wuhan, China)

Industrial Robot

ISSN: 0143-991x

Article publication date: 31 July 2019

Issue publication date: 21 August 2019

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to improve the operation and maintenance intelligence of power systems, and summarize the transmission line robots and their key technologies. High-voltage power cables are important channels for power transmission systems. Their special geographical environment and harsh natural environment can lead to many different faults. At present, such special operations in dangerous and harsh environments are performed manually, which have not only high labor intensity and low work efficiency but also great personal safety risks.

Design/methodology/approach

For maintenance works that are far away from the tower, power outages are required. With the increasing evaluation of transmission quality and operational safety, and the urgent need for automation and operation of modern power systems, the contradiction between this manual operation and modern high-quality power transmission has become increasingly prominent. An effective method to replace the manual maintenance work is to use the mobile robot to carry the operation manipulator and its end tool, that is, the live maintenance robot.

Findings

Some achievements have been made in the key technologies of live maintenance robots, the work to be done to meet the basic requirements of complex and changeable line environment and practical application. Based on the existing research results of live overhaul robot, the follow-up research will focus on the practical application needs and the frontier of scientific and technological development, and truly realize the human–machine integration between live overhaul robot–human working environment. Only in this way can the robot better serve the operation and maintenance of the power system.

Originality/value

This paper reviews the system platform, operation function, structural characteristics and key technologies involved in the power cable robot, and the combination of live maintenance robots and modern high-tech such as big data and cloud computing is also given, and finally, the future development direction of the special operation robot is pointed out.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Hubei Provincial Department’s Education Research Project (B2019067) and Wuhan Textile University (National Project Cultivation Plan, 2019).

Retraction notice: The publishers of Industrial Robot wish to retract the article “Live maintenance robot for high-voltage transmission lines” by W. Jiang, Y. Yan, A. Zhang, L. Yu, G. Zuo, H.J. Li and W. Chen which appeared in Volume 46, issue 5, 2019.

It has come to our attention that there are concerns that the peer review process may have been compromised, and that as a result, the findings may not be relied upon.

The authors of this paper would like to note that they do not agree with the content of this notice.

The publishers of the journal sincerely apologize to the readers.

Citation

Jiang, W., Yan, Y., Zhang, A., Yu, L., Zuo, G., Li, H.J. and Chen, W. (2019), "Live maintenance robot for high-voltage transmission lines", Industrial Robot, Vol. 46 No. 5, pp. 711-718. https://doi.org/10.1108/IR-03-2019-0057

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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