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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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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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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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.