Safe local aerial manipulation for the installation of devices on power lines: Aerial-core first year results and designs

Jonathan Cacace; Santos M. Orozco-Soto; Alejandro Suarez; Alvaro Caballero; Matko Orsag; Stjepan Bogdan; Goran Vasiljevic; Emad Ebeid; Jose Alberto Acosta Rodriguez; Anibal Ollero

doi:10.3390/app11136220

Safe local aerial manipulation for the installation of devices on power lines: Aerial-core first year results and designs

Jonathan Cacace^*, Santos M. Orozco-Soto, Alejandro Suarez, Alvaro Caballero, Matko Orsag, Stjepan Bogdan, Goran Vasiljevic, Emad Ebeid, Jose Alberto Acosta Rodriguez, Anibal Ollero

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Abstract

The power grid is an essential infrastructure in any country, comprising thousands of kilometers of power lines that require periodic inspection and maintenance, carried out nowadays by human operators in risky conditions. To increase safety and reduce time and cost with respect to conventional solutions involving manned helicopters and heavy vehicles, the AERIAL-CORE project proposes the development of aerial robots capable of performing aerial manipulation operations to assist human operators in power lines inspection and maintenance, allowing the installation of devices, such as bird flight diverters or electrical spacers, and the fast delivery and retrieval of tools. This manuscript describes the goals and functionalities to be developed for safe local aerial manipulation, presenting the preliminary designs and experimental results obtained in the first year of the project.

Original language	English
Article number	6220
Journal	Applied Sciences
Volume	11
Issue number	13
ISSN	2076-3417
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/app11136220
Publication status	Published - Jul 2021

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Funding Information:
The research leading to these results has been supported by the AERIAL-CORE project (Horizon 2020 Grant Agreement No. 871479) and by the 2018 FPI Program of the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovaci?n y Universidades.

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© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Keywords

Aerial manipulation
Inspection and maintenance
Power lines

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EU H2020: Aerial Core
Ebeid, E. S. M. (PI), Hoang, V. D. (PhD student) & Malle, N. H. (PhD student)
01/12/2019 → 30/11/2023
Project: EU

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Safe local aerial manipulation for the installation of devices on power lines: Aerial-core first year results and designs

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