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Robot crawling through pipeline interior

One robot platform. Three inspection environments.

Designed for transmission towers, pipeline interiors, and underground mines. The Shifters AI robot carries a modular sensor payload and navigates without a remote pilot.

Robot capabilities at a glance

Grip mechanism Magnetic and mechanical clamping for lattice steel and cylindrical pipe walls
Sensor payload RGB camera, thermal imaging module, ultrasonic proximity array, 6-axis IMU
Navigation mode Fully autonomous during run. No remote pilot required on-site.
Connectivity Tethered power and data for underground. LTE relay for above-ground tower operations.
Report delivery Structured defect map available within minutes of run completion

Specs reflect current prototype configuration and are subject to change as hardware development continues.

Shifters AI robot chassis showing sensor payload and gripping mechanism

Sensor payload built for defect detection, not just documentation

High-resolution RGB camera

Primary input for surface morphology classification by the CV model

Thermal imaging module

Detects heat differentials indicating subsurface or under-insulation corrosion

Ultrasonic proximity array

Wall distance and contact pressure feedback for navigation and crawl stability

6-axis IMU

Position and orientation tracking for defect geolocation and dead-reckoning navigation

Autonomous navigation without GPS or remote pilot

The robot maintains its path using dead-reckoning from the IMU combined with surface-feature tracking from the vision system. In confined underground spaces where GPS is unavailable, the same approach keeps the robot oriented and on-mission through bends and elevation changes. No operator needed on-site during the run.

IMU Visual Features Local Map

Structured output your maintenance team can act on

Inspection Report TX-LINE-047
Run Date 2026-05-14
Total Defects 7
Severity
Critical: 1 High: 3 Obs: 3
ID Location Segment Defect Type Severity
DEF-001 Tower Section 3B Surface Pitting High
DEF-002 Anchor Bolt Seat Oxidation Banding Critical
DEF-003 Cross-member J4 Coating Delamination Observation

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