Inspection and Maintenance Robots

Inspection by robots is one of the most prominent robotic tasks. 91 Besides considerations of cost-effectiveness, there may often be no other alternative than to send a robot to the area of interest. The statistics differentiate between the different application areas of robots which lead to distinctive designs regarding their size, mobility, dexterity, use of sensor equipment, and operational mode (from tele-operated to fully autonomous). Overlaps with cleaning systems, rescue robots and defense applications exist in terms of sharing robotic platforms.