Hi,
I have been involved in electronics design & assembly for many years but am now retired. I just received an email from my daughter (environmental engineer) asking if I could help her build a robotic system for examining sewer lines etc.
Could you please give me a rough estimate of what this might cost and the parts required?
Sorry about my ignorance of robotic systems.
Wayne Lilly
46 Jacqueline Drive
Paoli, PA 19301
610-296-8685
We have been on the lookout for an inexpensive pipe inspection robot for a while, but as of yet do not have a solution.
For sewage inspection, the main factor will be waterproofing everything.
The only suggested method of control will be wired to a transmitter / video on the surface.
Regarding the individual parts, it can be as simple or as complex as you want it.
For example if a small robot would do the trick, you can convert two waterproof servos (1m depth rating) to continuous rotation and wire them to a surface R/C motor controller.
robotshop.com/en/hitec-hs-56 … servo.html
These same servos can be used to make a pan/tilt for the camera:
robotshop.com/en/lynxmotion- … inium.html
Wheels: robotshop.com/en/lynxmotion-servo-wheel.html
The video system would be entirely separate using a GoPro or other waterproof action camera.
Your main issue will be sending an receiving the data / video feed over distances, so Ethernet cable may be an option.
If you want to create a larger robot, you’d need to understand robotic systems and choose products accordingly.
robotshop.com/blog/en/robots … ke-a-robot
