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CASE 22 / Infrastructure

Spot: remote inspection in an operating converter station

Visual and thermal inspection in an energised valve hall inaccessible to personnel.

Spot · National Grid2023
Spot outside the Sandy Pond converter station.
Spot outside the Sandy Pond converter station.Boston Dynamics / National Grid

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Converter-station inspection; official video, 2021. · Boston Dynamics

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01 / STUDY

Mechanism and experiments

National Grid uses Spot at Sandy Pond to inspect the valve hall and surrounding equipment. Infrared and zoom cameras capture hotspots and visible anomalies. Operators work from the control room, with both remote operation and recorded inspection routes.

02 / CONTEXT

Test conditions and scope

The account distinguishes automated thermal rounds from manually operated valve-hall inspections. Additional acoustic payloads were still being explored in this report.

03 / SOURCE

Papers and primary sources

Spot Becomes Part of the Team at National Grid
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