Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, California, USA

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EPRI's prototype transmission line inspection robot

Uploaded on Jul 1, 2010


EPRI is developing a prototype transmission line inspection robot that has been designed to traverse 80 miles of line at least twice a year, collecting high-fidelity information that utilities can act on in real time.

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https://youtu.be/b9D6TmvZ1q0

NCI Inspection Robot

Uploaded on Nov 1, 2011


The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is developing a robot that crawls along and inspects a transmission line non-ceramic insulator (NCI). This video shows a demonstration of the method by which the robot travels along the insulator.

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https://youtu.be/0HEn-fWKcqc

Snake Robot Climbing Pole

Uploaded on Nov 1, 2011


The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is investigating the feasibility of utilizing snake robots for transmission line inspection. This video shows a demonstration of the snake robot climbing a pole.

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https://youtu.be/K1KV3nQx4Iw

Crawler robot demonstration

Published on Oct 12, 2012


EPRI is developing a robot that can crawl vertically along concrete walls to inspect infrastructure in nuclear power plants.