The work environment input for a power distribution line maintenance robot

Abstract

This paper describes two methods to input work environments around an electric pole by a vision system for a power distribution line maintenance robot. One is to superimpose 3D frame models on images of components in the environments by an operation. Other is to superimpose 3D frame models on images of components in the environments automatically. We can make the work environment input by the manual and automatical superimposing method.