With the continuous development of global trade and the increasing demand for logistics, ports play a crucial role as nodes in logistics transportation. The various inspection work related to port safety has multiple management pain points and difficulties due to the complex environment. Due to the large area and numerous equipment in the port area, insufficient information sharing, low efficiency of manual inspection, and inability to trace historical data, the optimization of manual inspection by inspection robots is gradually emerging in the port scene.
In the past, port inspections used stethoscopes to determine equipment status and detectors to measure temperature. Now, intelligent inspection robots can replace these tasks.
The NavBot outdoor wheeled inspection robot integrates positioning and navigation, intelligent visual recognition analysis, multi-sensor fusion and other technologies, supports path planning function, can autonomously inspect according to task arrangement, and transmit sensor data back to the control platform in real time. By combining various sensing data such as instrument recognition and infrared thermal imaging temperature measurement, the status of on-site equipment can be accurately analyzed and judged, solving the problem of manual detection using detection equipment with large errors such as stethoscopes. It supports multiple modes such as automatic detection and remote control. It can achieve full coverage inspection of the area, complete equipment inspection, diagnosis, and fault warning work without human supervision, greatly improving the efficiency of port inspection.
The NavBot outdoor wheeled inspection robot is equipped with a thermal imaging device, visible light high-definition binocular gimbal, fully automatic lifting rod, gas sensor, temperature and humidity sensor, pickup and other sensing systems. It adopts a four-wheel independent driving mode, with strong power, good passability, strong obstacle crossing ability, and can flexibly avoid obstacles, such as road collapse or potholes. It is suitable for various complex road conditions, especially in ports where the road surface is not particularly flat.
Through the centralized management platform of robots, various data during inspections will be summarized in real time on the computers of management personnel. If there are any abnormal situations, timely alarms can be issued, and “preventive maintenance” will be used instead of “temporary maintenance”. The backend data also has analysis and export functions, which facilitate data aggregation.
The application of intelligent inspection robots has improved the safety and operational efficiency of ports, while promoting the high-quality development of port intelligence.