Underground Pipeline Also Has “intelligent Doctor”: AI Camera 20 Minutes To Complete The Artificial 3 Hours Of Detection

Have you ever seen a "gastroscopy" of underground pipes? In an old neighborhood in Hangzhou, municipal workers no longer need to drill into the dark pipeline, just put a smart camera into the manhole cover. This looks like a small tank of equipment, while advancing to the pipeline to do a full-body scan, 20 minutes later, the staff received a "medical report" on the phone: 3 cracks, 5 clogging points, and even which position may leak next week are predicted.

Ⅰ."Smart doctor" for CT inspection of pipelines
This AI inspection system is like a doctor for pipelines:
Sharp eyes: can see cracks as thin as a hair (0.2 mm)
Sharp nose: can smell dangerous gases at any time to avoid explosions
Good memory: compare inspection data from three years ago to predict where problems will occur
Quick hands and feet: the inspection of 1 km pipeline is shortened from 3 hours to 20 minutes
"Workers used to wear protective clothing to crawl into the pipeline, but now they can operate it with a mobile phone." Master Li, who is responsible for the pipelines in Xihu District, showed the equipment, "It will automatically alarm when an emergency problem is found, just like installing a health bracelet for the underground pipeline network."
Ⅱ.Real changes in people's livelihood
In the pilot area of ​​Qingdao, new technologies have brought visible Changes seen:
The number of road sections with waterlogging during rainstorms has been reduced by 70%
The area of ​​excavation for pipeline maintenance has been reduced by 90%
More than 3 million yuan has been saved in annual testing costs
What makes resident Auntie Wang the happiest is: "Last year, there was a sudden collapse in front of our building. This spring, AI detection discovered the underground cavity in advance. Now we don't have to stop water and electricity for three days to repair the road.

Ⅲ. Future trend: Every household has a "cloud medical record" for its pipelines
Experts revealed that 20 cities including Beijing and Shanghai are building an "underground pipeline health cloud platform". In the future, each section of the pipeline will have its own electronic file. AI can not only detect existing problems, but also remind us like a weather forecast: "There is a 30% probability that the underground pipeline in your block will leak in the next three months."

As the country increases its efforts to renovate old communities, this intelligent detection method that does not dig roads and keeps turning on the road is making urban "vascular inspections" safer and cheaper. Next time you see a "small tank" working next to a manhole cover, don't forget that it is protecting the safety under our feet.