Patent ID: 11947362
Assignee: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  F | IPC B  F  G

Claim 0:
1. A pipe inspection swarm robot system having one or more swarm robots, each of the one or more swarm robots comprising:
a main control and monitoring unit managing and controlling operations of the swarm robot;
robot actuators and an actuator drive module providing required power to drive the robot actuators;
a geared DC motor connected to wheels allowing the swarm robot to move in any direction and turn up to 360 degrees;
an electromagnet locking mechanism allowing for physical connection to another swarm robot;
obstacle avoidance sensors;
a navigation system;
a power supply and management module; and
a function module allowing each of the one or more swarm robots to perform a specified task,
wherein the specified task is fabricating a component to seal leaks through a 3D printing device using a 3D printing module of at least one of the one or more swarm robots.