PIPE-i 6-wheel Robot for Stormwater Culvert Inspection

Meet the PIPE-i: a 6-wheel robot designed for challenging conditions. Developed at Beca by Marcus Hall, this 3D scanning robot has a 3D printed polycarbonate/carbon fiber body, 4 LED panels, a LiDAR sensor, a Leica BLK360 3D scanner, and a pan/tilt forward-facing camera. The above video shows it in action:

PIPE-i 6-wheeled #robot for stormwater culvert inspectionspic.twitter.com/fYTXwGmA3Y

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PIPE-i can lift itself up to a higher position. It has cameras and proximity sensors. The scanner is inside but flips up when needed to scan.

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