Development of Automatic Cleaning Robot for Live-line Insulators

Abstract

A new cleaning robot system for double tension insulator strings was developed to prevent an insulator failure, which can have severe effects on national security as well as national industry and economy. The robot moves along the insulator string using the clamps installed on its two moving bodies. Especially, unlike the existing cleaning robots using jets of water or water/air, the robot system adopts dry cleaning method using a rotating brush and a circular motion guide.