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The purpose of this paper is to develop a practical cable inspection robot with stronger obstacle-surmounting performance and circumferential rotation capability.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Design\/methodology\/approa\/ch<\/jats:title><jats:p>A cable inspection robot with novel elastic suspension mechanisms and circumferential rotation mechanisms is designed and proposed in this study. The supporting force and spring deformation of the elastic suspension are investigated and calculated. Dynamic analysis of obstacle surmounting and circumferential rotation is performed. Experiments are conducted on vertical and inclined cables to test the obstacle-surmounting performance and cable-clamp passing of the robot. The practicality of the robot is then verified in field tests.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>With its elastic suspension mechanisms, the cable inspection robot can carry a 12.4\u2009kg payload and stably climb a vertical cable. The maximum heights of obstacles surmounted by the driving wheels and the passive wheels of the robot are 15\u2009mm and 13\u2009mm, respectively. Equipped with circumferential rotation mechanisms, the robot can flexibly rotate and successfully pass cable clamps.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>The novel elastic suspension mechanism and circumferential rotation mechanism improve the performance of the cable inspection robot and solve the problem of surmounting obstacles and cable clamps. 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