Service robots: An industrial perspective

This paper presents the overview and the introduction of commercialized robotic products in the industrial service, maintenance and repair sectors. General facts of the industrial service are briefly described, and then we focus on four specific applications including motor /generator inspection, solar panel inspection /cleaning, tank inspection and pipe inspection. For each application, service process characteristics, operational details, technical challenges, requirements are described. Robotics solutions with commercialized products of each application area were introduced and detailed with special features and specification.