Robotic Inspection of Pipelines

This chapter present robotic inspection of pipelines. Literature research on mobile inspection robots and their applications in various fields is described with relation to the work objective. Problems and defects that arise during exploitation of pipelines are outlined, along with available solutions for monitoring and inspection. Afterwards, review of mobile robots for pipeline inspection is given. Their different modes of application are described. A need for an actively adaptable robot that could be accustomed to various types of pipe inspection tasks was identified, in accordance with the literature research.