CN220416619U - Robot maintenance system based on underwater IDC maintenance pipeline - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides a robot maintenance system based on an underwater IDC maintenance pipeline, which relates to the technical field of data centers and is used for solving the problem of high risk of maintenance personnel in the related technology in maintaining the underwater data center, and comprises an underwater data cabin, a maintenance pipeline, a robot moving track and a maintenance robot; wherein, the underwater data cabin includes: the device comprises a cabin body and a plurality of cabinets, wherein the cabinets are arranged in the cabin body; the cabin body is provided with a first opening; the maintenance pipe includes: a first port for communicating with the above-water operation chamber or the land operation chamber and a second port for communicating with the first opening; one end of the robot moving track is arranged close to the first port; the other end extends to the cabinet through the first opening; the maintenance robot is arranged on the robot moving track and can move along the extending direction of the robot moving track, and is used for replacing and maintaining hardware equipment in the cabinet.

Description

Robot maintenance system based on underwater IDC maintenance pipeline

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of data centers, in particular to a robot maintenance system for maintaining pipelines based on an underwater Internet data center (internet data center, IDC).

Background

The data center is an essential component of mobile data, cloud computing and big data service, the density of a single cabinet of the data center is synchronously increased along with the increase of the scale, and the heating value of corresponding equipment chips is also sharply increased, so that the cooling problem of the data center is always a problem which is important and necessary to solve in the field.

With the continuous progress of technology, an underwater data center has been developed, which is cooled directly by lake water or river water without mechanical refrigeration, so that the data center is maintained in a stable state below 10 ℃.

However, in the related art, replacement and maintenance are performed on hardware of an underwater data center, typically, maintenance personnel enter the underwater data center through a maintenance pipeline, and the underwater data center is typically disposed underwater, so that the risk of the maintenance personnel is high.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a robot maintenance system based on an underwater IDC maintenance pipeline, which is used for solving the problem that maintenance personnel in the related technology maintain an underwater data center with high risk.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a robotic maintenance system based on an underwater IDC maintenance pipeline, comprising: the system comprises an underwater data cabin, a maintenance pipeline, a robot moving track and a maintenance robot; wherein, the underwater data cabin includes: the device comprises a cabin body and a plurality of cabinets, wherein the cabinets are arranged in the cabin body; the cabin body is provided with a first opening; the maintenance pipe includes: a first port for communicating with the above-water operation chamber or the land operation chamber and a second port for communicating with the first opening; one end of the robot moving track is arranged close to the first port; the other end extends to the cabinet through the first opening; the maintenance robot is arranged on the robot moving track and can move along the extending direction of the robot moving track, and is used for replacing and maintaining hardware equipment in the cabinet.

The robot maintenance system based on the underwater IDC maintenance pipeline comprises an underwater data cabin, a maintenance pipeline, a robot moving track and a maintenance robot. Wherein, the underwater data cabin includes: the device comprises a cabin body and a plurality of cabinets, wherein the cabinets are arranged in the cabin body. In this way, the heat dissipated by the cabinet can be transmitted to the cabin body, and the cabin body can exchange heat with water, so that the temperature of the cabin body is reduced.

In addition, a first opening is formed in the cabin body; the service pipe may include: the first port is used for communicating with the water operation chamber or the land operation chamber, and the second port is communicated with the first opening. In this way, the service conduit communicates with the cabin. One end of the robot moving track is arranged close to the first port; the other end extends to the cabinet through the first opening; the maintenance robot is arranged on the robot moving track and can move along the extending direction of the robot moving track, and is used for replacing and maintaining hardware equipment in the cabinet, so that the underwater data cabin is prevented from swinging due to the influence of water flow fluctuation, and the stable operation of the robot is ensured.

Therefore, when a certain hardware device (such as a memory bank) in the cabinet needs to be replaced, the hardware device to be replaced can be placed on the maintenance robot, and then the maintenance robot is controlled to move along the moving track of the robot, so that the maintenance robot moves into the cabinet body, and replacement and maintenance are performed on the hardware device of the cabinet in the cabinet body. Therefore, maintenance personnel can replace and maintain the cabinet in the underwater data cabin without entering the underwater data cabin, and compared with the maintenance personnel which go deep into the underwater data cabin to maintain the cabinet in the related technology, the safety of maintaining the underwater data center is improved.

In one possible implementation, the robotic maintenance system based on underwater IDC maintenance piping further comprises: the first air valve is arranged at the first opening.

The robot maintenance system based on the underwater IDC maintenance pipeline comprises a first air valve, wherein the first air valve is arranged at the first opening, so that the maintenance pipeline is separated from a cabin body. Therefore, when the cabinet is not required to be maintained, the first airtight door can be closed, so that when the maintenance pipeline is prevented from being damaged, external water is poured into the cabin body along the maintenance pipeline, and electronic equipment in the cabinet is prevented from being damaged.

In one possible implementation, the robotic maintenance system based on underwater IDC maintenance piping further comprises: the first air pump is used for being arranged in the water operation room or the land operation room; one end of the first gas transmission pipeline is communicated with the first gas pump, and the other end of the first gas transmission pipeline is communicated with the cabin body and is used for inputting inert gas into the cabin body.

Therefore, inert gas can be conveyed into the cabin through the first gas conveying pipeline, and the oxygen volume fraction can be reduced due to the fact that the inert gas is filled, circuit fire is restrained, and therefore safety of operation of the cabinet in the cabin is improved.

In one possible implementation, the robotic maintenance system based on underwater IDC maintenance piping further comprises: and the second airtight door is arranged at the first port.

In this way, the second airtight door can seal the inlet of the maintenance duct (i.e. at the first port) to avoid rain dust from being poured into the maintenance channel from the first end, contaminating the maintenance duct.

In one possible implementation, the robotic maintenance system based on underwater IDC maintenance piping further comprises: the second air pump is used for being arranged in the water operation chamber or the land operation chamber; and one end of the second air conveying pipeline is communicated with the second air pump, and the other end of the second air conveying pipeline is communicated with the maintenance pipeline and is used for inputting air into the maintenance pipeline or exhausting air in the maintenance pipeline.

Therefore, when the cabinet is not required to be maintained, the second airtight door can be closed, and then the second air pump is started to input inert gas into the maintenance pipeline, so that the safety of the maintenance pipeline is improved. When maintenance personnel need to enter the maintenance pipeline to place the replaced hardware equipment in front of the maintenance robot, the second air pump can be started to pump out inert gas in the maintenance pipeline and input oxygen, so that the safety of the maintenance personnel is ensured. After maintenance personnel are placed, the maintenance pipeline is left, the second airtight door can be closed, the second air pump is started, oxygen in the maintenance pipeline is pumped out, and inert gas is input, so that the operation safety of the maintenance robot is improved.

In one possible implementation, the robotic maintenance system based on underwater IDC maintenance piping further comprises: the oxygen content detection device is arranged in the maintenance pipeline and is positioned between the first airtight door and the second airtight door and used for detecting the oxygen content of the maintenance pipeline.

Therefore, after the oxygen concentration in the maintenance pipeline reaches the proper concentration, the maintenance personnel reenters the maintenance pipeline to place the replaced hardware equipment on the maintenance robot, so that the personal safety of the maintenance personnel is ensured.

In one possible implementation, the maintenance robot is provided with a built-in bin for storing the hardware devices to be replaced.

In this way, maintenance personnel can place the hardware equipment to be replaced in the built-in bin so as to avoid falling of the hardware equipment to be replaced.

In one possible implementation, the robotic maintenance system based on underwater IDC maintenance piping further comprises: the communication module is arranged in the underwater data cabin, can be in communication connection with the water operation room or the land operation room, and can be in communication connection with the maintenance robot.

In this way, the communication module establishes a communication connection with the above-water or land operation room, and the communication module is capable of establishing a communication connection with the maintenance robot. Thus, maintenance personnel can control the robot in the water or land operation room.

In a second aspect, the present application further provides a maintenance method for a robot based on an underwater IDC maintenance pipeline, the maintenance method comprising: when maintenance of the underwater IDC cabin is required, the second airtight door is controlled to be opened; putting hardware equipment to be replaced into a built-in bin of the maintenance robot; and controlling the first airtight valve to be opened, and then controlling the maintenance robot to enter the underwater data cabin along the moving track of the robot to replace and maintain hardware equipment in the cabinet.

Therefore, when a certain hardware device (such as a memory bank) in the cabinet needs to be replaced, the hardware device to be replaced can be placed on the maintenance robot, and then the maintenance robot is controlled to move along the moving track of the robot, so that the maintenance robot moves into the cabinet body, and replacement and maintenance are performed on the hardware device of the cabinet in the cabinet body. Therefore, maintenance personnel can replace and maintain the cabinet in the underwater data cabin without entering the underwater data cabin, and compared with the maintenance personnel which go deep into the underwater data cabin to maintain the cabinet in the related technology, the safety of maintaining the underwater data center is improved.

In one possible implementation manner, after controlling the second airtight door to open, before placing the hardware device to be replaced into the built-in cabin of the maintenance robot, the maintenance method further includes: starting the second air pump to input oxygen into the maintenance pipeline until the oxygen content values detected by the first oxygen content detection device are all larger than or equal to the first preset value, and controlling the second air pump to stop; after the hardware equipment to be replaced is put into the built-in bin of the maintenance robot, before the maintenance robot is controlled to enter the underwater data bin along the moving track of the robot, the maintenance method further comprises the following steps: closing the second airtight door, and starting the first air pump to input inert gas into the maintenance pipeline; and controlling the first air pump to stop until the oxygen content value detected by the first oxygen content detection device is smaller than or equal to a second preset value, wherein the second preset value is smaller than the first preset value.

Therefore, when the cabinet is not required to be maintained, the second airtight door can be closed, then the second air pump is started, and inert gas is input into the maintenance pipeline until the oxygen content values detected by the first oxygen content detection device are smaller than or equal to second preset values. Thereby improving the safety of maintaining the pipeline. When the cabinet is required to be maintained, the second air pump can be started to pump out the inert gas in the maintenance pipeline and input oxygen until the oxygen content value detected by the first oxygen content detection device is greater than or equal to a first preset value, so that the personal safety of maintenance personnel is ensured.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the utility model and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate and do not limit the utility model.

Fig. 1 is one of schematic structural diagrams of a robot maintenance system based on an underwater IDC maintenance pipeline according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a second schematic structural diagram of a robot maintenance system based on an underwater IDC maintenance pipeline according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a third schematic structural diagram of a robot maintenance system based on an underwater IDC maintenance pipeline according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is one of the flowcharts of a robot maintenance method based on an underwater IDC maintenance pipe provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a second flowchart of a robot maintenance method based on an underwater IDC maintenance pipe according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a third flowchart of a robot maintenance method based on an underwater IDC maintenance pipeline according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are only some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art without undue burden from the present disclosure, are within the scope of the present disclosure.

It should be noted that all directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the embodiments of the present utility model are merely used to explain the relative positional relationship, movement, etc. between the components in a particular posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the particular posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

The terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. In the description of the present application, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more.

In the description of the present application, it should be noted that, unless explicitly stated and limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected. The specific meaning of the terms in this application will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art in a specific context. In addition, when describing a pipeline, the terms "connected" and "connected" as used herein have the meaning of conducting. The specific meaning is to be understood in conjunction with the context.

In the embodiments of the present application, words such as "exemplary" or "such as" are used to mean serving as examples, illustrations, or descriptions. Any embodiment or design described herein as "exemplary" or "for example" should not be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the use of words such as "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present related concepts in a concrete fashion.

In a first aspect, as shown in fig. 1, the present application provides a robotic maintenance system 100 based on an underwater IDC maintenance pipe, comprising: an underwater data pod 00, a maintenance pipe 10, a robot moving rail 20, and a maintenance robot 30.

As shown in fig. 2, the underwater data pod 00 may include: the device comprises a cabin 01 and a plurality of cabinets 02, wherein the cabinets 02 are arranged in the cabin 01; the cabin 01 is provided with a first opening 011.

In addition, as also shown in fig. 2, the service pipe 10 may include: a first port 11 for communicating with the above-water operation chamber 200 or the land operation chamber 300, and a second port 12 for being disposed below the water surface and communicating with a first opening 011 of the cabin 01.

In one possible implementation, the material of the service pipe 10 may be a metallic material, for example, the metallic material may be a metal such as stainless steel, aluminum alloy, zinc-containing steel plate, or the like. Thus, the maintenance pipe 10 has a certain strength, so that the deformation of the maintenance pipe 10 when colliding with other objects can be reduced, and the service life of the maintenance pipe 10 can be prolonged.

Alternatively, the maintenance pipe 10 may be manufactured by a bending process, so that fewer processes are required to manufacture the maintenance pipe 10, thereby improving the production efficiency of the maintenance pipe 10 and reducing the production cost.

Alternatively, the service duct 10 may be formed by connecting a plurality of metal plates, which may be manufactured by welding, and which may be manufactured by gluing, for example, without limitation.

In another possible implementation, the material of the service pipe 10 may also be a plastic product, for example, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) plastic, high impact polystyrene (HIPS, high impact polystyrene), polycarbonate (PC), polyethylene terephthalate (PET, polyethylene glycol terephthalate), etc. In this way, the maintenance pipe 10 can be manufactured by integrally molding the mold by using an injection molding process, thereby improving the production efficiency and reducing the production cost.

Further, a part of the robot moving rail 20 is provided inside the maintenance duct 10, and another part extends to the cabinet 02 through the first opening 011 so that the maintenance robot 30 can move to the cabinet 02 position along the robot moving rail 20. Wherein one end of the robot moving rail 20 is disposed near the first port 11.

In addition, the maintenance robot 30 is provided on the robot moving rail 20 and is movable in the extending direction of the robot moving rail 20 for replacement and maintenance of the hardware devices in the cabinet 02. The hardware device may be illustrated by taking a hard disk as an example.

For example, the cabinet 02 may be configured with an abnormality detection device, where the abnormality detection device periodically scans the states of the hard disk in the cabinet 02 and records the states in a configuration file, and generates an initial configuration when the program is first run. And the monitoring program compares the result of each scanning with the initial configuration, and if the result is different from the initial configuration, the result is judged to be abnormal. When the hard disk fails or goes offline, the monitor program obtains the drive symbol and the slot number of the hard disk through a preset algorithm, and then sends the regional position information containing the drive symbol and the slot number and the abnormality information representing the abnormality of the hard disk to the control device (or called a controller) of the land operation room or the water operation room 200. The control device controls the maintenance robot 30 to move to an area where an abnormality occurs in the hard disk according to the abnormality signal.

As shown in fig. 2, the maintenance robot 30 may be provided with a robot arm 31, and the maintenance robot 30 takes out an abnormal hard disk through the robot arm 31 and installs a new hard disk into the slot.

In one possible implementation, the maintenance robot 30 is provided with a camera 32, and a maintenance person remotely controls the maintenance robot 30 through the camera 32 to replace the abnormal hard disk.

In another possible implementation manner, an image sensor is arranged on the robot, the control device sends the region position information of the slot number where the abnormal hard disk is located and the image information of the slot number where the abnormal hard disk is located to the robot, the robot automatically moves to the region where the abnormal hard disk is located according to the region position information of the slot number, then the image information of the slot number where the abnormal hard disk is located is compared with the information shot by the image sensor, and if the image information is consistent with the information shot by the image sensor, the replacement of the abnormal hard disk is automatically carried out. If the maintenance robot 30 is abnormal, alarm information is sent out to remind maintenance personnel of correcting the position of the maintenance robot.

The robotic maintenance system 100 provided herein based on an underwater IDC maintenance pipe 10 may include an underwater data pod 00, a maintenance pipe 10, a robot moving track 20, and a maintenance robot 30. Wherein, the underwater data cabin 00 comprises: a cabin 01 and a plurality of cabinets 02, wherein the cabinets 02 are arranged in the cabin 01. In this way, the heat dissipated by the cabinet 02 can be transferred to the cabin 01, and the cabin 01 can exchange heat with water, so that the temperature of the cabin 01 is reduced.

In addition, a first opening 011 is formed in the cabin 01; the service pipe 10 includes: a first port 11 for communicating with the water operation room 200 or the land operation room 300, and a second port 12 communicating with the first opening 011. In this way, the service pipe 10 communicates with the cabin 01. One end of the robot moving rail 20 is disposed near the first port 11; the other end extends to the cabinet 02 through the first opening 011; the maintenance robot 30 is arranged on the robot moving track 20 and can move along the extending direction of the robot moving track 20 for replacing and maintaining hardware equipment in the cabinet 02, so that the underwater data cabin 00 is prevented from swinging due to the influence of water flow fluctuation, and the stable operation of the robot is ensured.

In this way, when a certain hardware device (for example, a memory bank) in the cabinet 02 needs to be replaced, the hardware device to be replaced can be placed on the maintenance robot 30, and then the maintenance robot 30 is controlled to run along the robot moving track 20, so that the maintenance robot 30 runs into the cabin 01, and replacement and maintenance are performed on the hardware device of the cabinet 02 in the cabin 01. Therefore, maintenance personnel can replace and maintain the cabinet 02 in the underwater data cabin 00 without entering the underwater data cabin 00, and compared with the maintenance personnel which penetrate into the underwater data cabin 00 to maintain the cabinet 02 in the related art, the safety of maintaining the underwater data center is improved.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the robotic maintenance system 100 based on the underwater IDC maintenance pipe 10 may further include: a first valve 40, the first valve 40 being disposed at the first opening 011. The first airtight door 40 is capable of isolating the maintenance pipe 10 from the cabin 01 when closed, and preventing gas from entering the cabin 01 from the maintenance pipe 10.

The robotic maintenance system 100 provided herein based on an underwater IDC maintenance pipe 10 includes a first valve 40 disposed at a first opening 011, such that the maintenance pipe 10 is spaced from the cabin 01. Therefore, when the cabinet 02 does not need to be maintained, the first airtight door 40 can be closed, so that when the maintenance pipeline 10 is prevented from being damaged, external water is poured into the cabin 01 along the maintenance pipeline 10, and electronic equipment in the cabinet 02 is prevented from being damaged.

In one possible implementation, as shown in fig. 3, the robotic maintenance system 100 based on the underwater IDC maintenance pipe 10 further includes: a first air pump 50 and a first air delivery line 51, the first air pump 50 being configured to be disposed in the water operation room 200 or the land operation room 300; one end of the first gas transmission pipeline 51 is communicated with the first gas pump 50, and the other end of the first gas transmission pipeline is communicated with the cabin 01 and is used for inputting inert gas into the cabin 01. The inert gas may be, for example, helium, neon, argon, or the like.

The air pump is a device for exhausting air from an enclosed space or adding air from the enclosed space. The air pump is mainly divided into an electric air pump, a manual air pump, a foot-operated air pump and an electric air pump. The electric air pump is an air pump powered by electric power, and generates air pressure by continuously compressing air by electric power, and the first air pump 50 of the present application is preferably an electric air pump.

In one possible implementation, one end of the first gas transmission line 51 is connected to the cabin 01, and the other end of the first gas transmission line 51 is connected to an inert gas producing device disposed in the land operation room 300 or the water operation room 200, which is capable of producing a high concentration of inert gas. Thus, after the first air pump 50 is started, the first air pump 50 can convey the high-concentration inert gas produced by the inert gas producing device into the cabin 01 through the first gas conveying pipeline 51, so that an environment full of inert gas is rapidly provided for the cabin 01, and circuit fire is restrained, so that the operation safety of the cabinet 02 in the cabin 01 is improved.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the robotic maintenance system 100 based on the underwater IDC maintenance pipe 10 further includes: a second airtight door 60, the second airtight door 60 being provided at the first port 11.

In this way, the second airtight door 60 can seal the inlet of the service duct 10 (i.e., at the first port 11) to avoid rainwater dust from being poured into the service duct 10 from the first port 11, and contaminating the service duct 10.

In some embodiments, the robotic maintenance system 100 based on the underwater IDC maintenance pipe 10 further comprises: a second air pump 70 and a second air transmission line 71, the second air pump 70 being used to be disposed in the water operation room 200 or the land operation room 300; the second gas delivery pipe 71 has one end communicating with the second gas pump 70 and the other end communicating with the maintenance pipe 10 for introducing gas into the maintenance pipe 10 or discharging gas from the maintenance pipe 10.

Wherein the second gas transmission pipeline 71 is used for inputting oxygen into the maintenance pipeline 10 or exhausting oxygen or inert gas in the maintenance pipeline 10.

In addition, the second air pump 70 can refer to the description of the first air pump 50, and the description is omitted herein.

In addition, it is understood that, as shown in fig. 3, the second air pump 70 and the first air pump 50 may refer to the same air pump, the air pump can perform the functions of the first air pump 50 and the second air pump 70, and the second air pump 70 and the first air pump 50 may also refer to two air pumps, which are not limited in this application.

In one possible implementation, one end of the second gas transmission line 71 communicates with the maintenance pipe 10, and the other end of the second gas transmission line 71 communicates with the outside air through the above-water operation room 200 or the land operation room 300.

Thus, after the second air pump 70 is started, the second air pump 70 can convey the external air into the maintenance pipeline 10 through the second air conveying pipeline 71, so that an aerobic environment is provided for maintenance personnel, and the maintenance personnel can conveniently enter the maintenance pipeline 10 to place hardware equipment to be replaced.

In another possible implementation, when it is desired to deliver oxygen to the maintenance pipe 10, one end of the second gas delivery pipe 71 communicates with the maintenance pipe 10, and the other end of the second gas delivery pipe 71 communicates with an oxygen plant provided in the water operation room 200 or the land operation room 300, which is capable of producing oxygen at a high concentration. Thus, when the second air pump 70 is started, the second air pump 70 can deliver the high-concentration oxygen produced by the oxygen producing apparatus to the maintenance pipe 10 through the first gas delivery pipe 51.

In this way, when maintenance of the cabinet 02 is not required, the second airtight door 60 can be closed, and then the second air pump 70 is started to supply inert gas into the maintenance pipe 10, thereby improving the safety of the maintenance pipe 10. When maintenance personnel need to enter the maintenance pipeline 10 to place the replaced hardware equipment in the maintenance robot 30, the second air pump 70 can be started to pump out inert gas in the maintenance pipeline 10 and input oxygen, so that the safety of the maintenance personnel is ensured. After the maintenance personnel leave the maintenance pipeline 10 after the maintenance personnel are placed, the second airtight door 60 can be closed, the second air pump 70 is started, oxygen in the maintenance pipeline 10 is pumped out, and inert gas is input, so that the operation safety of the maintenance robot 30 is improved.

In some embodiments, the robotic maintenance system 100 based on the underwater IDC maintenance pipe 10 further comprises: and an oxygen content detecting device provided in the maintenance pipe 10 and located between the first airtight door 40 and the second airtight door 60 for detecting the oxygen content of the maintenance pipe 10.

The oxygen content detector may be an oxygen content detector, and the oxygen content detector may also be an oxygen concentration meter, which is not limited in this application.

Thus, when the oxygen concentration in the maintenance pipeline 10 reaches the proper concentration through the oxygen content detection device, maintenance personnel reenters the maintenance pipeline 10 to place the replaced hardware equipment on the maintenance robot 30, so that the personal safety of the maintenance personnel is ensured.

In one possible implementation, as shown in fig. 3, the maintenance robot 30 is provided with a built-in bin 33, and the built-in bin 33 is used for storing hardware devices to be replaced.

In this way, maintenance personnel can place the hardware device to be replaced in the built-in bin 33 to avoid dropping the hardware device to be replaced.

In one possible implementation, as shown in fig. 3, the robotic maintenance system 100 based on the underwater IDC maintenance pipe 10 further includes: a communication module 80, the communication module 80 being arranged in the underwater data cabin 00, the communication module 80 being capable of establishing a communication connection with the above-water operation room 200 or the land operation room 300 and of establishing a communication connection with the maintenance robot 30.

In this way, the present application establishes a communication connection with the above-water operation room 200 or the land operation room 300 through the communication module 80, and the communication module 80 can establish a communication connection with the maintenance robot 30. Thus, the maintenance personnel can control the robot in the water operation room 200 or the land operation room 300.

In a second aspect, as shown in fig. 4, an embodiment of the present application further provides a robot maintenance method based on an underwater IDC maintenance pipeline, including:

and S101, when maintenance of the underwater IDC cabin is required, the controller controls the second airtight door to be opened.

The second airtight door can be an electronic door, and the controller can control the second airtight door to be automatically opened or closed.

S102, a maintainer puts the hardware equipment to be replaced into a built-in bin of the maintenance robot.

The hardware device may be a memory bank, a hard disk, or other spare parts, which is not limited in this application.

S103, the controller controls the first air valve to be opened, and then controls the maintenance robot to enter the underwater data cabin along the moving track of the robot, so that the hardware equipment in the cabinet is replaced and maintained.

Therefore, when a certain hardware device in the cabinet needs to be replaced, the hardware device to be replaced can be placed in the built-in bin of the maintenance robot, and then the maintenance robot is controlled to move along the moving track of the robot, so that the maintenance robot moves into the cabinet body, and replacement and maintenance are carried out on the hardware device of the cabinet in the cabinet body. Therefore, maintenance personnel can replace and maintain the cabinet in the underwater data cabin without entering the underwater data cabin, and compared with the maintenance personnel which go deep into the underwater data cabin to maintain the cabinet in the related technology, the safety of maintaining the underwater data center is improved.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, after step S101 and before step S102. That is, after controlling the second airtight door to be opened, before placing the hardware device to be replaced into the built-in bin of the maintenance robot, the maintenance method may further include:

s101a, starting a second air pump to input oxygen into the maintenance pipeline until the oxygen content values detected by the first oxygen content detection device are all larger than or equal to a first preset value, and controlling the second air pump to stop.

After step S102, before step S103. That is, after the hardware device to be replaced is placed in the built-in bin of the maintenance robot, before the maintenance robot is controlled to enter the underwater data cabin along the robot moving track, the maintenance method may further include:

s102a, closing a second airtight door, and starting a first air pump to input inert gas into a maintenance pipeline; and controlling the first air pump to stop until the oxygen content value detected by the first oxygen content detection device is smaller than or equal to a second preset value, wherein the second preset value is smaller than the first preset value.

Therefore, when the cabinet is not required to be maintained, the second airtight door can be closed, then the second air pump is started, and inert gas is input into the maintenance pipeline until the oxygen content values detected by the first oxygen content detection device are smaller than or equal to second preset values. Thereby improving the safety of maintaining the pipeline. When the cabinet is required to be maintained, the second air pump can be started to pump out the inert gas in the maintenance pipeline and input oxygen until the oxygen content value detected by the first oxygen content detection device is greater than or equal to a first preset value, so that the personal safety of maintenance personnel is ensured.

In other embodiments, as shown in fig. 6, after step S103, the maintenance method may further include:

and S104, the controller controls the maintenance robot to move to a position close to the first port in the maintenance pipeline along the robot moving track, and the first valve is closed.

Therefore, after the maintenance robot finishes maintenance, the maintenance robot returns to the starting position, so that the maintenance robot is convenient to maintain next time.

The foregoing is merely a specific embodiment of the present application, but the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present disclosure should be covered in the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (10)

1. A robotic maintenance system for maintaining a pipeline based on underwater IDCs, comprising:

an underwater data pod comprising: the device comprises a cabin body and a plurality of cabinets, wherein the cabinets are arranged in the cabin body; the cabin body is provided with a first opening;

a service conduit comprising: a first port for communicating with a water or land operation chamber and a second port for communicating with the first opening;

the robot moving track is partially arranged in the maintenance pipeline, and one end of the robot moving track is arranged close to the first port; the other end extends to the cabinet through the first opening;

the maintenance robot is arranged on the robot moving track, can move along the extending direction of the robot moving track and is used for replacing and maintaining hardware equipment in the cabinet.

2. The robotic maintenance system based on underwater IDC maintenance piping of claim 1, further comprising:

the first air valve is arranged at the first opening.

3. The robotic maintenance system based on underwater IDC maintenance piping of claim 2, further comprising:

a first air pump for being disposed in the above-water operation chamber or the land operation chamber;

and one end of the first gas transmission pipeline is communicated with the first gas pump, and the other end of the first gas transmission pipeline is communicated with the cabin body and is used for inputting inert gas into the cabin body.

4. A robotic maintenance system based on underwater IDC maintenance piping as in claim 3, further comprising:

and the second airtight door is arranged at the first port.

5. The robotic maintenance system based on underwater IDC maintenance piping of claim 4, further comprising:

a second air pump for being disposed in the above-water operation chamber or the land operation chamber;

and one end of the second air conveying pipeline is communicated with the second air pump, and the other end of the second air conveying pipeline is communicated with the maintenance pipeline and is used for inputting air into the maintenance pipeline or discharging the air in the maintenance pipeline.

6. The robotic maintenance system based on underwater IDC maintenance piping of claim 4, further comprising:

and the oxygen content detection device is arranged in the maintenance pipeline and is positioned between the first airtight door and the second airtight door and used for detecting the oxygen content of the maintenance pipeline.

7. The maintenance robot system based on an underwater IDC maintenance pipeline of claim 6, wherein the maintenance robot is provided with a built-in bin for storing the hardware devices to be replaced.

8. The robotic maintenance system based on underwater IDC maintenance piping of claim 1, further comprising:

the communication module is arranged in the underwater data cabin, can be in communication connection with the water operation room or the land operation room, and can be in communication connection with the maintenance robot.

9. A robotic maintenance system based on underwater IDC maintenance piping as in claim 1, wherein the maintenance robot comprises: and the mechanical arm is used for replacing and maintaining the hardware equipment in the cabinet.

10. A robotic maintenance system based on underwater IDC maintenance piping as in claim 1, wherein the maintenance robot comprises: the camera is in communication connection with the water operation room or the land operation room.