Quadruped Robot for Substation & Power Grid Inspection

No. Inspection is completely non-contact and requires no switching. The robot walks a defined route at safe clearance distances agreed with your safety team in advance, and the route is geofenced so the platform physically cannot approach beyond the agreed limit. This is the main reason utilities adopt it — rounds happen as often as you want without a switching programme.

The highest-value detections are thermal: overheating terminations, connector degradation, and load imbalance on busbars and transformer bushings. Beyond thermal, it reads analogue and digital gauges by vision, checks oil levels and leaks, and captures audible signatures associated with corona and partial discharge. Every finding is tagged to the exact asset and position, so trends are comparable round over round.

Yes — thermal imaging is unaffected by darkness, and night rounds are where hotspots are often easiest to read. The platforms we integrate carry an IP-rated enclosure for rain and dust, and operate across the temperature range typical of outdoor switchyards. Very heavy icing or standing water beyond the rated depth will stop a round; the robot reports that rather than failing silently.

Existing analogue dials and digital displays are read by vision — no replacement of installed instruments is needed. Results export to your SCADA, historian or CMMS through a standard API or scheduled file export, and can stay fully on-premise. We treat SCADA integration as part of the deliverable, not an afterthought.