Conference Agenda

Session

B3-1: AI and Robotic Applications for Substations

Time:

Monday, 29/Sept/2025:

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Location: Room 520E

Session Topics:

B3 Substations and electrical installations

Presentations

2:00pm - 2:15pm

Basic Verification of Substation Patrol by Drone

Yuki YATABE¹, Tetsuya IKEDA¹, Yusuke TAKENAKA¹, Shinya AICHI¹, Takaya MASUDA², Takuya ASAHARA²

¹CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER GRID Co., Inc.; ²SENSYN ROBOTICS, Inc.

2:15pm - 2:30pm

Knowledge management using AI: a case study of substation lifecycle management for development of young and newly hired engineers

Shinki Noguchi¹, Akira Okada²

¹Chubu Electric Power Grid Co., Inc.; ²Hitachi energy

2:30pm - 2:45pm

Automated Inspection Robot System for Large EHV Air-insulated Substations

Julien Beaudry, Philippe Dandurand, Patrick Mongenot, Camille Hébert, Claude Rajotte, Germain Bizier

Hydro-Québec, Canada

2:45pm - 3:00pm

Immersive virtual reality training for enhanced safety and operational preparedness in the distribution grid

Pascal Bolz, Dominic Fehling, Markus Zdrallek, Tobias Meisen

University of Wuppertal, Germany

3:00pm - 3:15pm

Digitalization of Electric Power Systems using sustainable, Smart Substations with Cloud Connectivity

Thomas Duerr¹, Mark Childerhose², Bernd Schuepferling¹

¹Siemens AG, Germany; ²Siemens Canada Limited, Canada

3:15pm - 3:30pm

Using GeoBIM, loT and IA for Predictive Diagnose on High-Voltage Substations

Ana Cristina Marotti¹, Filipe Salles¹, Gerson Fávio Lima², Fernanda Machado³

¹Eletrobras, Brazil; ²CG Works, Brazil; ³Autodesk, Brazil

3:30pm - 3:45pm

Wireless sensors and AI applications for switchyard equipment condition monitoring and real time health assessment

Ravi Sushant Chaudhary, Joseph Jose, Mahendra kumar kaloria, Devaprasad Paul, Ravindra Nath Gupta

POWERGRID, India

3:45pm - 4:00pm

AI-driven Efficiency :Transforming APM Systems through Optimization of OT and IT

Thierry JUNG, Austin Byrne, Sihui Chen

GE VERNOVA