Railway inspection robot
By introducing lifting and inspection components into the railway inspection robot, the problems of the robot occupying the rails and being unable to avoid trains have been solved, enabling flexible inspection and safe train avoidance.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-05-19
- Publication Date
- 2026-03-20
AI Technical Summary
Existing railway inspection robots require the use of railway tracks for inspection, making it impossible to conduct inspections anytime and anywhere. Furthermore, they cannot avoid trains in time when personnel are negligent, thus affecting train operation.
Employing lifting and inspection components, including image recognition sensors and far-infrared ranging sensors, and controlled by a controller that controls the electronic lifting cylinder and drive motor, the robot can move up and down on the railway track and avoid trains.
This technology enables robots to perform inspections without obstructing railway tracks and to avoid trains in a timely manner, thus improving the flexibility and safety of their use.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to railway track inspection technical field, concretely is a railway inspection robot. BACKGROUND
[0002] The prior art mainly adopts the railway inspection robot to carry out the dynamic detection of the track at multiple points, and the railway inspection robot can collect dynamic data along the extension direction of the track.
[0003] However, the existing railway inspection robot needs to move on the track for inspection, which will occupy the track during inspection, so the inspection can only be carried out when the railway is idle, and the device cannot be inspected at any time and any place, resulting in the problem of inconvenient use. Moreover, when the existing railway inspection device is used for inspection, personnel need to operate in real time, and if the staff is negligent, the existing inspection device cannot avoid the train in time, which will affect the train running.
[0004] Therefore, a railway inspection robot is needed to solve the above problems. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT
[0005] In order to solve the problem that the railway inspection robot occupies the track during inspection, so the inspection can only be carried out when the railway is idle, and the device cannot be inspected at any time and any place, resulting in the problem of inconvenient use, the utility model provides a railway inspection robot to solve the above problems.
[0006] In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides the following technical scheme:
[0007] A railway inspection robot, comprising a mounting base, wherein opposite side walls of the mounting base are provided with walking tracks, and the bottom of the mounting base is provided with a track chassis driving element, wherein the track chassis driving element drives the walking tracks, the base surface of the mounting base is provided with a lifting assembly, and one side of the lifting assembly is provided with an inspection assembly;
[0008] The lifting assembly comprises a mounting seat, an electric control lifting cylinder and a mounting plate, the mounting seat is slidably connected to the outer wall of the mounting base, wherein the bottom of the mounting seat is provided with the electric control lifting cylinder, one end of the electric control lifting cylinder is connected to the inner wall of the mounting base, wherein the electric control lifting cylinder is provided with multiple groups and is located on the inner wall of the mounting base, the mounting plate is mounted on the side wall of the mounting base, the included angle between the mounting plate and the mounting base is 15 degrees, the outer wall of the mounting plate is provided with an image recognition sensor, and one side of the image recognition sensor and the outer wall of the mounting plate are provided with a far infrared distance measuring sensor.
[0009] As the preferred scheme of the utility model, the inspection assembly includes mounting block, controller, wireless signal transmitter and side distance measuring sensor, the mounting block is provided with multiple groups and is located on the outer wall of the mounting seat respectively.
[0010] As the preferred scheme of the utility model, the inner wall of the mounting block is rotationally connected with a rotating rod, one end of the rotating rod penetrates the mounting block and extends to the outer wall of the mounting block and is provided with a driving motor.
[0011] As the preferred scheme of the utility model, the driving motor is embeddedly installed on the outer wall of the mounting seat, the outer wall of the rotating rod is provided with a mounting shell, and the cross section of the mounting shell is a concave structure.
[0012] As the preferred scheme of the utility model, the opposite inner walls of the mounting shell are provided with laser cameras, and the side of the laser camera and the inner wall of the mounting shell are provided with an image recognition detection sensor.
[0013] As the preferred scheme of the utility model, the controller is embeddedly installed on the outer wall of the mounting seat, the wireless signal transmitter is embeddedly installed on the outer wall of the mounting seat, and the side distance measuring sensor is provided with two groups and is installed on the opposite side walls of the mounting base respectively.
[0014] As the preferred scheme of the utility model, the walking track is located on one side of the mounting seat, the top height of the mounting shell is 50-100mm, and the top of the walking track and the bottom of the mounting shell are flush.
[0015] As the preferred scheme of the utility model, the controller is connected with an electric control lifting cylinder, an image recognition sensor, a far infrared distance measuring sensor, a laser camera, a wireless signal transmitter, a side distance measuring sensor and an image recognition detection sensor through wires respectively, and the connection mode is electrical connection.
[0016] Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses a lifting assembly in the railway inspection robot, the controller controls the electric control lifting cylinder to run, so that one end of the electric control lifting cylinder pushes the mounting seat to ascend, and then the mounting seat is moved up in the inner cavity of the mounting base, when reaching the set parameter, the electric control lifting cylinder stops running, and then the inspection assembly stops at the appropriate position, so that the device can be inspected, and the device can be moved through the walking track without occupying the rail, when the lifting assembly returns to the initial position, the height of the device is far lower than the bottom of the train and the train rail clearer, so that the train can run without being affected, so that the problem that the device cannot be inspected at any time and any place and is not convenient to use is solved.
[0017] The utility model discloses a railway inspection robot is provided with inspection subassembly and elevating subassembly, and the side of mounting plate is provided with image recognition sensor and far infrared ranging sensor, first, far infrared ranging sensor carries out the monitoring of the object spacing on the rail, when the train drives from the distance, will make infrared ranging sensor according to data to produce electric signal through the wire conduction to the controller, and image recognition sensor according to data to produce electric signal through the wire conduction to the controller, when reaching the set parameter, controller control drive motor reverses, to make the rotary lever drive mounting shell reset, and controller controls electric control elevating pneumatic cylinder to reset, and then makes the device restore initial position and avoid, and the practicability of device is better, thereby solving the problem that the existing railway inspection device needs personnel real-time operation when carrying out the inspection, when the staff carelessness accident occurs, if there is train, the existing inspection device cannot avoid in time, and will cause the influence of train running. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0018] Figure 1 It is whole structure schematic diagram of the utility model;
[0019] Figure 2 It is side view structure schematic diagram of the utility model;
[0020] Figure 3 It is expansion structure schematic diagram of the utility model;
[0021] Figure 4 It is the A structure amplification schematic diagram of the utility model Figure 3 ;
[0022] Figure 5 It is the B structure amplification schematic diagram of the utility model Figure 3 .
[0023] In the drawing: 1, mounting base;2, walking track;3, track chassis driving part;4, elevating subassembly;401, mounting seat;402, electric control elevating pneumatic cylinder;403, mounting plate;404, image recognition sensor;405, far infrared ranging sensor;5, inspection subassembly;501, mounting block;502, controller;503, wireless signal transmitter;504, side distance sensor;505, rotary lever;506, drive motor;507, mounting shell;508, laser camera;509, image recognition detection sensor. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0024] Clearly, the described embodiments are merely a part of the embodiments of the present application, but not all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present application, all the other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of the present application.
[0025] Embodiment: please refer to Figures 1-5 The railway inspection robot shown in the figure comprises a mounting base 1, walking tracks 2 are mounted on the opposite side walls of the mounting base 1, and a track chassis driving element 3 is arranged at the bottom of the mounting base 1, wherein the track chassis driving element 3 drives the walking tracks 2, a lifting assembly 4 is mounted on the base surface of the mounting base 1, and an inspection assembly 5 is mounted on one side of the lifting assembly 4;
[0026] In this embodiment, specific reference is made to Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 3 and Figure 4 The lifting assembly 4 comprises a mounting seat 401, an electric control lifting cylinder 402 and a mounting plate 403, the mounting seat 401 is slidingly connected to the outer wall of the mounting base 1, wherein the bottom of the mounting seat 401 is provided with the electric control lifting cylinder 402, one end of the electric control lifting cylinder 402 is connected to the inner wall of the mounting base 1, wherein the electric control lifting cylinder 402 is provided with multiple groups and is respectively located on the inner wall of the mounting base 1, the mounting plate 403 is mounted on the side wall of the mounting base 1, the included angle between the mounting plate 403 and the mounting base 1 is 15 degrees, the outer wall of the mounting plate 403 is provided with an image recognition sensor 404, and a far-infrared distance measuring sensor 405 is mounted on one side of the image recognition sensor 404 and located on the outer wall of the mounting plate 403.
[0027] In this embodiment, specific reference is made to Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 3 , Figure 4 and Figure 5The patrol assembly 5 comprises a mounting block 501, a controller 502, a wireless signal transmitter 503 and a side distance measuring sensor 504. The mounting block 501 is provided with a plurality of groups and is located on the outer wall of the mounting seat 401. A rotating rod 505 is rotatably connected to the inner wall of the mounting block 501. A driving motor 506 is mounted on one end of the rotating rod 505 and extends to the outer wall of the mounting block 501. The driving motor 506 is embeddedly mounted on the outer wall of the mounting seat 401. An installation housing 507 is arranged on the outer wall of the rotating rod 505. The installation housing 507 has a concave cross-section. A laser camera 508 is mounted on the opposite inner wall of the installation housing 507. An image recognition detection sensor 509 is mounted on one side of the laser camera 508 and located on the inner wall of the installation housing 507. The controller 502 is embeddedly mounted on the outer wall of the mounting seat 401. The wireless signal transmitter 503 is embeddedly mounted on the outer wall of the mounting seat 401. The side distance measuring sensor 504 is provided with two groups and is mounted on the opposite side walls of the mounting base 1.
[0028] The top of the walking track 2 is located on one side of the mounting seat 401. The top of the installation housing 507 is 50-100mm high, and the top of the walking track 2 is flush with the bottom of the installation housing 507. The controller 502 is connected with the electric control lifting cylinder 402, the image recognition sensor 404, the far infrared distance measuring sensor 405, the laser camera 508, the wireless signal transmitter 503, the side distance measuring sensor 504 and the image recognition detection sensor 509 through wires in an electrically connected manner. The device is powered on, and the controller 502 controls the electric control lifting cylinder 402, the image recognition sensor 404, the far infrared distance measuring sensor 405, the laser camera 508, the wireless signal transmitter 503, the side distance measuring sensor 504 and the image recognition detection sensor 509 to be powered on and operated.
[0029] When the railway patrol robot works, the switch of the controller 502 is turned on, the controller 502 controls the track chassis driving part 3 to drive the walking track 2, the device walks in the track, the side distance measuring sensor 504 detects the distance between the inner walls of the rails, and the data generated by the side distance measuring sensor 504 is transmitted to the controller 502 through wires. The controller 502 controls the track chassis driving part 3 to drive the walking track 2 according to the internal parameters, so that the device is always located at the middle position of the track cavity.
[0030] The controller 502 controls the electric control lifting cylinder 402 to operate, so that one end of the electric control lifting cylinder 402 pushes the mounting base 401 to rise, and then the mounting base 401 moves up in the inner cavity of the mounting base 1, and when the set parameter is reached, the electric control lifting cylinder 402 stops operating, and then the inspection assembly 5 stops at the appropriate position, so that the device can inspect, and the device moves through the walking track 2 without occupying the rail, and the top of the mounting shell 507 is 50-100mm high, and the top of the walking track 2 is flush with the bottom of the mounting shell 507, so that when the lifting assembly 4 returns to the initial position, the height of the device is much lower than the bottom of the train and the train rail clearer, thereby not affecting the train running, thereby solving the problem that the rail is occupied when the inspection is performed, so that the inspection can only be performed when the railway is idle, and the device cannot be inspected at any time and any place, resulting in inconvenient use.
[0031] The controller 502 controls the driving motor 506 to operate, so that the driving shaft of the driving motor 506 drives the rotating rod 505 to operate, when the rotating rod 505 rotates, the rotating rod 505 drives the mounting shell 507 to rotate to the appropriate position to expand, and then the concave mounting shell 507 is clamped on the outer wall of the track, and the laser camera 508 and the image recognition detection sensor 509 on the inner wall of the mounting shell 507 detect the track, and the laser camera 508 and the image recognition detection sensor 509 generate electric signals according to the data and transmit the electric signals to the controller 502 through wires, and then the controller 502 transmits the data to the operator terminal for storage through the wireless signal transmitter 503.
[0032] The image recognition sensor 404 and the far infrared distance measuring sensor 405 are arranged on one side of the mounting plate 403, the far infrared distance measuring sensor 405 first monitors the distance between objects on the rail, when the train drives from a distance, the far infrared distance measuring sensor 405 generates electric signals according to the data and transmits the electric signals to the controller 502 through wires, and the image recognition sensor 404 generates electric signals according to the data and transmits the electric signals to the controller 502 through wires, when the set parameter is reached, the controller 502 controls the driving motor 506 to reverse, so that the rotating rod 505 drives the mounting shell 507 to reset, and the controller 502 controls the electric control lifting cylinder 402 to reset, and then the device returns to the initial position to avoid, and the device is more practical, thereby solving the problem that the existing railway inspection device needs to be operated in real time when performing inspection, and if the staff is negligent, the existing inspection device cannot avoid in time if a train passes, which affects the train running.
[0033] Although the embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it is to be understood that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present application, the scope of which is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. A railway inspection robot, comprising a mounting base (1), characterized in that: The mounting base (1) has a walking track (2) installed on its opposite side wall, and a track chassis drive component (3) is provided at the bottom of the mounting base (1), wherein the track chassis drive component (3) drives the walking track (2). A lifting component (4) is installed on the base surface of the mounting base (1), and an inspection component (5) is installed on one side of the lifting component (4). The lifting assembly (4) includes a mounting base (401), an electrically controlled lifting cylinder (402), and a mounting plate (403). The mounting base (401) is slidably connected to the outer wall of the mounting base (1). The bottom of the mounting base (401) is provided with an electrically controlled lifting cylinder (402). One end of the electrically controlled lifting cylinder (402) is connected to the inner wall of the mounting base (1). Multiple sets of electrically controlled lifting cylinders (402) are provided and are respectively located on the inner wall of the mounting base (1). The mounting plate (403) is installed on the side wall of the mounting base (1). The angle between the mounting plate (403) and the mounting base (1) is 15 degrees. An image recognition sensor (404) is provided on the outer wall of the mounting plate (403). An infrared ranging sensor (405) is installed on one side of the image recognition sensor (404) and on the outer wall of the mounting plate (403).
2. The railway inspection robot according to claim 1, characterized in that: The inspection component (5) includes a mounting block (501), a controller (502), a wireless signal transmitter (503), and a side ranging sensor (504). Multiple sets of the mounting blocks (501) are provided and are located on the outer wall of the mounting base (401).
3. A railway inspection robot according to claim 2, characterized in that: A rotating rod (505) is rotatably connected to the inner wall of the mounting block (501). One end of the rotating rod (505) passes through the mounting block (501) and extends to the outer wall of the mounting block (501) where a drive motor (506) is installed.
4. A railway inspection robot according to claim 3, characterized in that: The drive motor (506) is embedded in the outer wall of the mounting base (401), and the outer wall of the rotating rod (505) is provided with a mounting housing (507), the cross-section of which is concave.
5. A railway inspection robot according to claim 4, characterized in that: A laser camera (508) is mounted on the inner wall opposite to the mounting housing (507), and an image recognition detection sensor (509) is mounted on one side of the laser camera (508) and on the inner wall of the mounting housing (507).
6. A railway inspection robot according to claim 5, characterized in that: The controller (502) is embedded in the outer wall of the mounting base (401), the wireless signal transmitter (503) is embedded in the outer wall of the mounting base (401), and two sets of side ranging sensors (504) are provided and are respectively installed on the opposite side walls of the mounting base (1).
7. A railway inspection robot according to claim 6, characterized in that: The walking track (2) is located on one side of the mounting base (401), wherein the top height of the mounting housing (507) is 50-100mm, and the top of the walking track (2) is flush with the bottom of the mounting housing (507).
8. A railway inspection robot according to claim 7, characterized in that: The controller (502) is connected to an electric lifting cylinder (402), an image recognition sensor (404), an infrared ranging sensor (405), a laser camera (508), a wireless signal transmitter (503), a side ranging sensor (504), and an image recognition detection sensor (509) via wires, and the connection method is electrical connection.