BIKE - Inspection Robot

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Eliminating confined space entry

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April 11 2024

Mobile inspection and maintenance robotics is a fast growing industrial market. One of the main advantages of mobile robots is that they can reach locations inaccessible by humans because of size constraints, temperature, immersion in liquids or safety reasons. Certified and experienced engineers today enter and “look” at the predefined locations to take pictures for reporting. Beside very expensive organisational issues such as watchmen and ventilation this procedure is very dangerous for the experts.

In this framework, the BIKE inspection robot has been developed. The BIKE platform is a magnetic wheeled robot capable of inspecting power plant facilities and multiple applications in the oil&gas industry, such as vessel or pipe inspection.

Pros & Limitations

Ability to climb vertical walls, inside and outside pipe structures

Ability to pass over complex combinations of convex and concave step obstacles

Can be equipped with inspection technology such as pan-tilt cameras or NDT sensors, allowing the operator to use the equipment he already has

With integrated navigation cameras and 3-dimensional position sensors the operator gets precise information about the robots position even in complex environments

Fully remote controlled and equipped with navigation aids (front & rear view cameras and 3D pose view)

Requires trained operators to carry out the inspection with BIKE

Specification

Specification Title	Specification Description
Application conditions	Can be deployed through a 12” (300mm) man-way \| Operation on outside pipe starts at 15″ pipes (400mm)
Areas of Application	Confined Space \| Elevated Pipes \| Corrosion Mapping
Dimension	Length: 247mm (9.72") \| Width: 190mm (7.48") \| Height: 217mm (8.54")
Speed	Fully adjustable (-50mm/s ... 50mm/s) or (-2"/s ... 2"/s)
Usability	Depending on the task it can be equipped with different modules: UT Module \| TZ1 HD \| 3D LOC \| Digital Camera Carrier \| Robotic arm \| Coating Option
Weight	Without cables & water hoses 9.6kg (21.2lb)