Vale S.a.

Universidade Federal Do Rio De Janeiro

Servico Nacional De Aprendizagem Industrial, Departamento Regional Da Bahia

Marcos Paulo Torre

Filipe Augusto Santos Rocha

Gabriel Carvalho Garcia

Gustavo Medeiros Freitas

Wilson Miola

Márcio Fernando Mansur Gomes

João Carlos Espiúca Monteiro

André Stanzani Franca

Felipe Ribeiro Da Fonseca

Alex Fernandes Neves

Ramon Romankevicius Costa

Fernando Cesar Lizarralde

Héctor Azpúrua

Ramon Nunes Araújo

Iuri Viana Brandi

Rebeca Tourinho Lima

Angelo Frederico Fontes Junior

Victória Regina Ramos

Luiz Eduardo Da Costa Nogueira

Alexandre Souza Santos

Eduardo Cota

Marco Antonio Dos Reis

Branilson Luiz Santos Costa

Luis Carlos Moreno Ledezma

Ronaldo Pereira Evangelista

Pedro Xavier Alcantara

Tiago Pereira De Souza

Filipe Augusto Rocha

Ramon Nunes Araujo

Victoria Regina Ramos

Hector Azpurua

Andre Stanzani Franca

Joao Carlos Monteiro

Marcio Fernando Mansur Gomes

Aspects include a robotic device for inspection of components of a belt conveyor comprising a mobile platform and a robotic arm having a first end coupled to the mobile platform and a second end, the robotic arm configured to guide the second end to contact at least one of the components of the belt conveyor. Further included is a method for inspecting components of a belt conveyor using a robotic device, including: obtaining temperature and/or noise data of at least one of the components of the belt conveyor; and, if the data are outside a range, then: driving a second end a robotic arm of the robotic device for contacting at least one of the components; and obtaining vibration data from at least one of the components.

Robot device, and method for inspection of components of a belt conveyor

This disclosure presents a robotic device for multi-terrain inspection, composed by a robot body, a quick reconfigurable locomotion module and a mapping unit capable to model the inspected environment through a 3D colored point cloud. The robot has different locomotion mechanisms that can be quickly replaced, thereby changing the robot mobility characteristics. The device is controlled through teleoperation or autonomously. When in teleoperated mode, an operating assist module provides relevant locomotion information to the operator including a map that shows areas where the robot may not transpose or tip-over. This module also suggests to the operator other locomotion configurations to overcome obstacles presented in the map. When in autonomous mode, the navigation module provides a strategy to explore unknown environments and trace optimal locomotion path considering the traveled distance, tipping-over risk and energy consumption. Regarding the invention characteristics described above, the main objective is to perform inspections of confined and risk areas, i.e., caves, sewer and dam spillway galleries, and areas with risk of collapse.

Multi-terrain inspection robotic device and methods for configuring and guiding the same

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