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This paper provides an overview of the most recent advancements in pipeline inspection and cleaning technology over the past five years, drawing insights from patents and scholarly papers. It primarily focuses on three types of devices: long-distance pipeline inspection robots, small-diameter underground pipeline cleaning robots, and magnetic suction wall-climbing robots.

A pipeline robot is a robot specifically designed to inspect, maintain and repair pipelines. With the continuous development and expansion of pipeline systems, today's pipelines have become an integral part of urban infrastructure. However, because pipelines are often located underground or in other hard-to-reach places, traditional inspection and maintenance methods become very difficult and expensive. Therefore, it is important to research and develop pipeline robots that can improve the safety, reliability and efficiency of pipeline systems by inspecting, cleaning, overhauling and even repairing pipelines.

Devices need to be developed to clean the inner wall of pipelines from scale buildup and detect pipeline damage. This would improve conveyance efficiency and prolong the life of the pipeline.

The pipeline cleaning robot cleans the pipeline scaling, removes pipeline deposits, and effectively solves the problem of low pipeline conveying efficiency or pipeline clogging; the pipeline inspection robot inspects the pipeline after the pipeline cleaning robot cleans the pipeline, detects whether there is any damage to the pipeline, and reduces the probability of pipeline conveying pipeline breakage.

Pipeline robots can be transformed according to the parameters of the pipeline, adapting to different types of pipelines, and can effectively solve the problem of low pipeline conveying efficiency or pipeline clogging; pipeline inspection robots can detect the existence of pipeline damage in a timely manner, and can improve the reliability of pipeline conveying.

The above technology improves the life span of pipes in pipeline transportation, improves the efficiency of pipeline transportation, solves the problem of pipeline clogging, and guarantees the reliability of pipeline transportation.

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