Abstract
With the rapid development of the economy, the scale of transmission networks has been expanding, bring higher demands and challenges on transmission line operation and maintenance. In this paper, the multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) safety inspection rules and automatic detailed inspection methods for transmission towers are studied. The theoretical model of multi-rotor UAVs of transmission lines inspection is established. The imaging calculation range of multi-rotor UAV-equipped cameras is determined. According to the inspection theory model, the flight safety judgment standard is designed, and the key parts of the transmission lines that need to be inspected are determined according to the accurate model of the transmission tower. Then the inspection waypoints are manually operated, and the photographing position and angle of each waypoint from the flight control are recorded through the waypoint planning function. Finally, the waypoints are connected in order, and the inspection route is automatically generated to achieve automatic detailed inspection. The inspection efficiency, error analysis and position accuracy comparing the proposed method with some state-of-the-art methods have been evaluated. The results show that the position error of UAVs automatic detailed inspection is less than 10 cm. The error of height is between 1.26 and 1.76 meter. Compared with the traditional manual inspection, the efficiency of multi-rotor UAVs automatic detailed inspection can be increased by 57.98%~62.88% and can be applied to large-scale inspection of transmission lines.
Highlights
As power demand grows year by year, the scale of transmission networks continues to expand
We focus on the transmission lines inspection safety, the electronic fence is designed for inspection
In order to realize the detailed inspection of transmission lines, it is necessary to take pictures of the key parts of transmission lines with the camera carried by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the operation and maintenance personnel judge the inspection results through the photos [36], [37]
Summary
As power demand grows year by year, the scale of transmission networks continues to expand. He et al.: Research of Multi-Rotor UAVs Detailed Autonomous Inspection Technology of Transmission Lines camera-equipped UAVs was researched to realize automatic monitoring and taking photos [17], [18]. In [23] UAV navigation system based on computer vision technology was researched, which can automatically detect the geographical coordinates and speed of the UAVs relative to the reference object by means of GPS and image data processing algorithms and tracking technology. This kind of inspection can check the overview of the transmission lines. When the attitude of the UAV changes, the sensor will feedback this change and realize it in the form of voltage change, the flight control will sense the information and make timely adjustments to achieve good attitude control
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