Piping is very vital equipment in most of the industries. Especially, in oil and natural gas industry pipe and thereby, its
inspection and maintenance for its proper working is very important. But inspection of pipe is a difficult task due to various
complicated joints and sudden change in its cross-sectional area. Ultrasonic testing is widely used for this purpose and it is a
costly affair. But, pipe inspection robot is different in its features and construction. It has very simple, compact, lightweight
designed body. It is powered by battery and driven by motor. Rolling mode, screw driving mode, steering mode makes the robot to
propel in a pipe precisely and smoothly.
Its light weight make the robot very portable and it can be used by unskilled operator as well. Apart from inspection, the robot is
itself a platform for mounting of various sensors to increase its utility as per requirement and can also be used for cleaning of
internal surface of a pipe.
