A robot has been developed at the Kazan State Power Engineering University (KSPEU) on domestic software that will replace an electrical engineer. It works with electrical substations and overhead power lines, and is able to assess when a particular piece of equipment will fail. All data collected by the robot will be stored in the KSPEU data center or at the customer's server.
The robot does not yet have a name — only its prototype has been assembled. It already knows how to:
- move along specified landmarks, bypassing or overcoming obstacles;
- study objects in the visible, ultraviolet and infrared ranges;
- detect gas leaks with a flaw detector;
- assess the condition of insulators;
- conduct laser 3D scanning or automated defect detection using digital models;
- transmit data about location, work results and its condition
This is already a lot, but KSPEU plans to make the robot more functional by retraining it with artificial intelligence for many areas of activity. In the future, such robots will be used at thermal power plants, petrochemical plants, in agriculture, to inspect railway and road crossings, and access roads to fire hydrants.
The robot appeared at KSPEU thanks to funding under the Priority-2030 program of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia (national project "Science and Universities").
Read materials on the topic:
Up to 80 cows will be milked per day - robot milkers will begin to be produced in the Moscow region
The Ardi Android robot developed in Perm delighted visitors to the exhibition at VDNH: video
