Antenna Tower Base Structural Safety and Rust Scanning
Scenario record: it defines the environment, the mission flow and a proposed hardware and software configuration. The list below is a configuration proposal, not an installation inventory. Field projects lists deployed systems and their measurements.
- Environment
- Outdoor field
- Operating mode
- Supervised autonomy
- Proposed robot
- Unitree A2
The problem addressed
Difficulty of periodic structural inspection of thousands of antenna towers due to height and distribution.
Draft mission flow
- 1The robot approaches the antenna tower base; detailed imaging of steel profile corrosion status with HD macro camera.
- 2Compares profile wall thickness to original values with ultrasonic thickness gauge; calculates wear rate.
- 3Base bolt tightness status visually evaluated; loosening or broken bolts detected.
- 4Structural health report transmitted to telecom infrastructure management system; tower safety classification updated.
Proposed hardware
- HD Macro Camera
- Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge
- 3D LiDAR
- RTK-GPS
Proposed software
- Navigation
- Terrain-adaptive autonomous patrol around tower base
- Model
- Steel Profile Corrosion Level Classification and Bolt Looseness Detection
- Integration
- Telecom Infrastructure Management System and Structural Safety Database
The robot's real operating limits
Unitree A2
Industrial Class Legged Robot
Product page- Ingress rating
- IP56-IP67
- Runtime
- >5 hours (No load) / >3 hours (25kg Load)
- Operating temperature
- -20°C to 55°C
- Payload
- 100 kg
- Max speed
- 5 m/s
- Climb
- 45°
Values are manufacturer data. Scenario fit is determined by comparing these limits with site conditions.
From scenario to installation
Feasibility is determined by the site survey: floor and route, network coverage, the charging point, intervention responsibilities and the conditions under which the robot must stop. The survey report defines the scope, the constraints and the commissioning steps.