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Development of bundled-tube locomotive devices for pipe inspection

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25420213
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Intelligent mechanics/Mechanical systems
Research InstitutionTokyo Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

Takayama Toshio  東京工業大学, 総合理工学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (80376954)

Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) OMATA Toru  東京工業大学, 総合理工学研究科, 教授 (10262312)
TANAKA Naofumi  東京医科歯科大学, 医学部附属病院, 講師 (90280982)
Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
KeywordsSoft sobotics / In-pipe robot / Endoscope / 管内推進装置 / ソフトアクチュエータ / 内視鏡
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Our proposing bundled-tube locomotive devices are composed of a few bound elastic tubes, and it can travel in pipes only by inflating them in turns. The device is strongly resistant to the environment and very flexible, thus it does not scratch the inner wall of the pipe and can pass through an elbow-pipe without requiring complicated control. In this study we established a mass production manner of the helical type bundled-tube locomotive device by an extruder that can rotate its die. On the other hand, if the device becomes long the operating frequency and travel velocity become slow. Therefore, we developed self-oscillated air flow passage changer. The dimensions of the device are enough small to use it in a standard 25A water pipe. We challenged to downsize the mechanism, aimed to utilize the device in the small pipe such as a blood vessel. Moreover, we developed a new bundled-tube locomotive device with 6 tubes. It can control traveling and rotating motion independently.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (14 results)

All 2016 2015 2014 Other

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Remarks (1 results) Patent(Industrial Property Rights) (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] A Twisted Bundled Tube Locomotive Device Proposed for In-Pipe Mobile Robot2015

    • Author(s)
      Toshio Takayama, Hirozumi Takeshima, Tomoyuki Hori, and Toru Omata
    • Journal Title

      IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

      Volume: 20 Issue: 6 Pages: 2015-2923

    • DOI

      10.1109/tmech.2015.2411752

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 多重チューブ推進機構による管内移動2014

    • Author(s)
      高山俊男
    • Journal Title

      配管技術

      Volume: Vol.56 No. 12 Pages: 41-46

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 押出成形によるらせん型多重チューブ推進機構2016

    • Author(s)
      竹島啓純,高山 俊男,十々木 一仁,山田 吉郎
    • Organizer
      日本機械学会ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      横浜
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-09
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 多重チューブ推進機構のための自励式空圧流路切り替え装置2016

    • Author(s)
      高山 俊男,角 悠介
    • Organizer
      日本機械学会ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      横浜
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-09
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ワイヤ駆動を用いた三つ編み屈曲管内推進機構2016

    • Author(s)
      竹島啓純,高山 俊男
    • Organizer
      日本機械学会ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      横浜
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-09
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Six-Braided Tube In-pipe Locomotive Device2015

    • Author(s)
      Hirozumi Takeshima and Toshio Takayama
    • Organizer
      IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
    • Place of Presentation
      Hamburg, Germany
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-28
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 螺旋捻転推進機構の細径化2015

    • Author(s)
      角 悠介,高山 俊男,小俣 透
    • Organizer
      日本機械学会ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      京都
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-18
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 多数のチューブを備えた多重チューブ推進機構2015

    • Author(s)
      竹島 啓純,高山 俊男
    • Organizer
      日本機械学会ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      京都
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-18
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 多重チューブ推進機構の定量的設計のための容量制御による変形計測2014

    • Author(s)
      竹島 啓純
    • Organizer
      第32回日本ロボット学会学術講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      九州産業大学(福岡)
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-04 – 2014-09-06
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 波状断面チューブを用いた多重チューブ推進機構の屈曲性能向上2014

    • Author(s)
      竹島 啓純
    • Organizer
      日本機械学会ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会’14
    • Place of Presentation
      富山市総合体育館(富山)
    • Year and Date
      2014-05-25 – 2014-05-29
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 波状断面チューブを用いた多重チューブ推進機構の屈曲性能向上2014

    • Author(s)
      竹島啓純
    • Organizer
      機械学会ロボティクスメカトロニクス講演会14
    • Place of Presentation
      富山
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Tokyo Tech News October 20, 2015

    • URL

      http://www.titech.ac.jp/english/news/2015/032257.html

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 六つ編み型多重チューブ推進機構2015

    • Inventor(s)
      高山俊男,竹島啓純
    • Industrial Property Rights Holder
      東京工業大学
    • Industrial Property Rights Type
      特許
    • Industrial Property Number
      2015-100188
    • Filing Date
      2015-05-15
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 管内推進装置および管内推進装置を備えた内視鏡2014

    • Inventor(s)
      高山俊男
    • Industrial Property Rights Holder
      東京工業大学
    • Industrial Property Rights Type
      特許
    • Patent Publication Number
      2015-006506
    • Filing Date
      2014-10-01
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-07-25   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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