2018 Volume 36 Issue 2 Pages 168-174
For the Improvement of the Efficiency of the River Facility Inspection, we have been developing the float robot. In prototype model of the float robot, developed in 2015, we succeeded in detecting 0.1[m] topographic changes of the river bed by using 3D point data, acquired from Multi-Beam echo sounder and 0.5[mm] width clacks on the river bank protection by using moving picture, acquired from HDTV camera. But in prototype model, the power of the transmission system is not enough for being used under the condition in 1.0[m/s] of running water. Therefore, in 2016, we improved the power transmission system and simplify the structure of the floating robot, to be used for the running water. With these improvements, we achieved the stable measurement for the river bed and river bank protection under the condition in running water and the acquisition for the high quality 3D point data and moving picture, and the reduction of the working hour for production.
