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Among these technologies, ultra-low-frequency (30\u2013300 Hz) electromagnetic waves have a significant advantage because of their strong penetration, which can penetrate metal pipe walls. Traditional low-frequency transmitting systems are limited by the size and power consumption of the antennas. In this work, a new type of mechanical antenna based on dual permanent magnets was designed to solve the above problems. An innovative amplitude modulation scheme that involves changing the magnetization angle of dual permanent magnets is proposed. The ultra-low-frequency electromagnetic wave emitted by the mechanical antenna inside the pipeline can be easily received by the antenna outside to localize and communicate with the robots inside. The experimental results showed that when two N38M-type Nd\u2013Fe\u2013B permanent magnets with a volume of 3.93 cm3 each were used, the magnetic flux density reached 2.35 nT at 10 m in the air and the amplitude modulation performance was satisfactory. Additionally, the electromagnetic wave was effectively received at 3 m from the 20# steel pipeline, which preliminarily verified the feasibility of using the dual-permanent-magnet mechanical antenna to achieve localization of and communication with pipeline robots.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s23063228","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,20]],"date-time":"2023-03-20T03:30:31Z","timestamp":1679283031000},"page":"3228","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["A Novel Dual-Permanent-Magnet Mechanical Antenna for Pipeline Robot Localization and Communication"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3227-2882","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yahao","family":"Dong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3198-137X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jing","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xinran","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tianyu","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"713","DOI":"10.1016\/S0957-4158(01)00022-8","article-title":"Robotic system with active steering capability for internal inspection of urban gas pipelines","volume":"12","author":"Choi","year":"2002","journal-title":"Mechatronics"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"825","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ultras.2004.01.059","article-title":"Development of an ultrasonic inspection robot using an electromagnetic acoustic transducer for a Lamb wave and an SH-plate wave","volume":"42","author":"Murayama","year":"2004","journal-title":"Ultrasonics"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"59","DOI":"10.1007\/s10846-022-01669-2","article-title":"A review: Technological trends and development direction of pipeline robot systems","volume":"105","author":"Jang","year":"2022","journal-title":"J. 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