Elimpus Visits Parliament to Showcase Spot the Dog PD Monitoring Project

Elimpus recently visited the Houses of Parliament together with National Grid to showcase the exciting projects we have been working on. The aim of the event was to educate the ministers on National Grid’s Innovation projects, which included the Boston Dynamics Spot the Robot Dog (or Spot for short).   

Spot delighted everyone with its bright presence as well as the incredible idea behind the project. The robot is going to be deployed to substations to monitor hazardous zones independently while sending live data of the site to service engineers. It will have Elimpus partial discharge monitoring equipment mounted on, as well as a robust Boston Dynamics PTZ (Pan-Tilt and Zoom) camera with thermal imaging, and a Velodyne LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) unit to help it navigate through the site. Both the camera and the LiDAR unit can be seen on the pictures. The Elimpus monitoring equipment was not mounted on the robot at the showcase due to safety and space concerns. 

This is a truly innovative project for the energy industry, as never before has there been so much data that could give such a detailed view of faults without putting anyone in harm’s way. Spot was called “inspiring” and a “delight” not only by the Minister of Energy, Michael Shanks, but by countless others who were excited by the project.