Snake-like robot crawls along power lines to inspect safety

A "giant snake" on a power line? Not quite.

This is a self-developed snake-like power line inspection robot deployed by China Southern Power Grid in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, for detailed power line inspections.

Equipped with cameras, thermal imagers and other sensors, the robot can autonomously crawl and navigate obstacles for round-the-clock operations with intelligent diagnosis of power line safety hazards, effectively addressing the limitations of manual and drone inspections.