Electric Grid Restoration Division

We are excited to introduce the Electric Grid Restoration Division of Oak Mountain High Tech Solutions.  This year we have chosen to focus our efforts on providing a quick, safe, and efficient method for restoring power to areas affected by catastrophic events.

Our mission this year is creating a compact and affordable robot, Scarn, capable of lineman work necessary to repair the grid. He has been designed to reach high to repair aerial high voltage lines, dip low to replace underground buried cables, and everything in between, such as repairing and rehanging residential lines. While in the field, Scarn is capable of transporting and replacing line insulators and transformers, as well as, clearing and removing ground debris. An additional feature allows Scarn to operate autonomously to deliver equipment to towers.

We are fortunate to work closely with other individuals who have a great deal of experience in this industry and our research is unparalleled to any other company in the market. We always look forward to the opportunity to showcase our robot for future clients.

Oak Mountain High Tech Solutions is honored to be involved in a project to help restore power to communities and protect the safety of linemen, who work in one of the most dangerous jobs around.

OMHS is working so that no one remains Off The Grid.

Scarn
Scarn
Scarn - Top View
Top View
Scarn in Development
Scarn in Development

Our Strategy

  1. Conduit is placed behind the robot to allow the robot to push them into the trenches with the bumper located on the back.
  2. The transformer skid is pushed out of the way by the bumper.
  3. Insulator is hung on the robot and the robot is angled toward the tower. Our autonomous program sends the robot to the tower for three seconds. The insulator is dropped onto the tower platform.
  4. The autonomous program is repeated to send the robot to the second tower in order to place the insulator.
  5. The robot’s arm is extended to allow all three ropes to be grabbed simultaneously. The ropes are dragged through the middle tower hooks and placed on the last tower.

Alternate Strategy

  1. Conduit is placed behind the robot to allow the robot to push them into the trenches with the bumper located on the back.
  2. The transformer skid is pushed out of the way by the bumper.
  3. Insulator is hung on the robot and the robot is angled toward the tower. Our autonomous program sends the robot to the tower for three seconds. The insulator is dropped onto the tower platform.
  4. The autonomous program is repeated to send the robot to the second tower in order to place the insulator.
  5. The arm is extended to allow the claw to grab one rope at a time. The rope is strung onto both towers.
  6. As time permits, the robot grabs a box transformer and places it in the substation scoring zones.