Wireless Self-powered Visual and NDE Robotic Inspection System for Live Gas Distribution Mains [PDF]
, 2006 Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) under contract from Department of Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory (DoE/NETL) and co-funding from the Northeast Gas Association (NGA), has completed the overall system design of the next-generation Explorer-II (X-II) live gas main NDE and visual inspection robot platform.
Burkett, Susan, Schempf, Hagen
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Aye-aye middle finger kinematic modeling and motion tracking during tap-scanning
Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics, 2023 The aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is a nocturnal lemur native to the island of Madagascar with a unique thin middle finger. Its slender third digit has a remarkably specific adaptation, allowing them to perform tap-scanning to locate small ...
Nihar Masurkar +3 more
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Development of AI- and Robotics-Assisted Automated Pavement-Crack-Evaluation System
Remote Sensing, 2023 Crack inspection is important to monitor the structural health of pavement structures and make the repair process easier. Currently, pavement crack inspection is conducted manually, which is inefficient and costly at the same time.
Md. Al-Masrur Khan +3 more
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Materials & Design, 2020 Automated weld deposition coupled with the real-time robotic Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) is used in this paper. For performance verification of the in-process inspection system, an intentionally embedded defect, a tungsten rod, is introduced into ...
Yashar Javadi +8 more
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The Vicarios Virtual Reality Interface for Remote Robotic Teleoperation
Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 2021 Intuitive interaction is the cornerstone of accurate and effective performance in remote robotic teleoperation. It requires high-fidelity in control actions as well as perception (vision, haptic, and other sensory feedback) of the remote environment ...
Abdeldjallil Naceri +7 more
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Robotic Inspection and Characterization of Subsurface Defects on Concrete Structures Using Impact Sounding [PDF]
Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, 2022 Impact-sounding (IS) and impact-echo (IE) are well-developed non-destructive evaluation (NDE) methods that are widely used for inspections of concrete structures to ensure the safety and sustainability.
Ejup Hoxha +4 more
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Miniature mobile sensor platforms for condition monitoring of structures [PDF]
, 2009 In this paper, a wireless, multisensor inspection system for nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of materials is described. The sensor configuration enables two inspection modes-magnetic (flux leakage and eddy current) and noncontact ultrasound.
Chan, C.C. +6 more
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Simulation of ultrasonic lamb wave generation, propagation and detection for an air coupled robotic scanner [PDF]
, 2011 A computer simulator, to facilitate the design and assessment of a reconfigurable, air-coupled ultrasonic scanner is described and evaluated. The specific scanning system comprises a team of remote sensing agents, in the form of miniature robotic ...
Burnham, Kenneth +6 more
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Robotic Inspection of Underground Utilities for Construction Survey Using a Ground Penetrating Radar [PDF]
Journal of computing in civil engineering, 2021 Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is a very useful non-destructive evaluation (NDE) device for locating and mapping underground assets prior to digging and trenching efforts in construction.
Jinglun Feng +4 more
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A noncontact ultrasonic platform for structural inspection [PDF]
, 2011 Miniature robotic vehicles are receiving increasing attention for use in nondestructive testing (NDE) due to their attractiveness in terms of cost, safety, and their accessibility to areas where manual inspection is not practical. Conventional ultrasonic
Dobie, Gordon +4 more
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