Robotics Simulator: V-REP Simulating Expliner the Power Line Inspection Robot

The video shows the Virtual Robot Experimentation Platform (V-REP: ) simulating the Expliner robot. Expliner (which is commercially available from Hibot Corporation ( )) is able to inspect very high power lines while power is on, and also manages to overcome spacers and other obstacles on its way. The Expliner CAD model is courtesy of Hibot Corporation.