Purpose This paper aims to present a novel lightweight distribution grid operating robot system with focus on lightweight and multi-functionality, aiming for autonomous and live-line maintenance operations. Design/methodology/approach A ground-up redesign of the dual-arm robotic system with...

Purpose In large-scale environments and unstructured scenarios, the accuracy and robustness of traditional light detection and ranging (LiDAR) simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithms are reduced, and the algorithms might even be completely ineffective. To overcome these problems,...