Adaptable legged-magnetic adhesion tracked wheel robotic platform for misaligned mooring chain climbing and inspection
Journal article
Dissanayake, M, Sattar, TP, Lowe, S, Pinson, I and Gan, T-H (2018). Adaptable legged-magnetic adhesion tracked wheel robotic platform for misaligned mooring chain climbing and inspection. Industrial Robot: An International Journal. https://doi.org/10.1108/IR-04-2018-0074
Authors | Dissanayake, M, Sattar, TP, Lowe, S, Pinson, I and Gan, T-H |
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Abstract | Mooring chains used to stabilise offshore floating platforms are often subjected to harsh environmental conditions on a daily basis, i.e. high tidal waves, storms, etc. Chain breaking can lead to vessel drift and serious damage such as riser rupture, production shutdown and hydrocarbon release. Therefore, the integrity assessment of chain links is vital, and regular inspection is mandatory for offshore structures. Currently, structural health monitoring of chain links is conducted using either ROV’s which comes at a high cost or by manual means which increases the danger to human operators. This paper presents a Cartesian legged tracked-wheel crawler robot developed for mooring chain inspection. The proposed robot addresses the misalignment condition of the mooring chains which is commonly evident in in-situ conditions. The mooring chain misalignment is investigated mathematically and used as a design parameter for the proposed robot. The robot is validated with laboratory based climbing experiments. The robot can be used as a platform to convey equipment, i.e. tools for non-destructive testing/evaluation applications. |
Keywords | Mooring chain; Chain climbing robot; Magnetic adhesion legged robot; Tracked-wheel crawler; Inspection platform; Robot desing; 0801 Artificial Intelligence And Image Processing; 0906 Electrical And Electronic Engineering; 0913 Mechanical Engineering; Industrial Engineering & Automation |
Year | 2018 |
Journal | Industrial Robot: An International Journal |
Publisher | Emerald |
ISSN | 0143-991X |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1108/IR-04-2018-0074 |
Publication dates | |
11 Oct 2018 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 31 Jul 2018 |
Accepted | 06 Aug 2018 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/86919
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