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

Claim 8:
9. A method for pipe inspection using a swarm robot system having one or more swarm robots, each of the one or more swarm robots having: 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 of the one or more swarm robots to perform a specified task, the method comprising:
receiving data from external sensors through a visual inspection module of the one or more swarm robots;
processing data received from the external sensors using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) applications through a processing module of the one or more swarm robots;
relaying the processed data to a user through at least one of the one or more swarm robots; and
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.