Professor of School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment, Western Sydney University, Australia. His research interests cover Industry 4.0, Additive Manufacturing, Advanced Engineering Materials and Structures (Metals and Composites), Multi-scale Modelling of Materials and Structures, Metal Forming and Metal Surface Treatment.
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Abstract—Research in In-Pipe Inspection Robots (IPIRs) has gained interest over recent years. Pipeline inspection robots bring reliability and repeatability to various pipeline inspection and maintenance processes. IPIRs are categorized based on their type of locomotion, and this study aims to analyze their advantages and limitations. Among all the IPIRs, the wheeled type IPIR has seen a tremendous change in its design, steering mechanism, and the way they use different wheels to pass through pipelines easily. This study compares and analyses an up-to-date review on wheeled type IPIRs in detail. This review helps the researchers to select the optimal wheeled type IPIR for inspection. The review concludes with the future research directions that the researchers need to focus on for the development of pipeline inspection robots. Developing an effective IPIR ensures human safety and improves the inspection process. Index Terms— pipeline inspection robot, mobile robot, motion, steering mechanism, wheeled type Cite: Rajendran Sugin Elankavi, D. Dinakaran, R. M. Kuppan Chetty, M. M. Ramya, and D. G. Harris Samuel, "A Review on Wheeled Type In-Pipe Inspection Robot," International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, Vol. 11, No. 10, pp. 745-754, October 2022. DOI: 10.18178/ijmerr.11.10.745-754 Copyright © 2022 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the article is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
