The use of robotics for nondestructive inspection of steel highway bridges and structures: interim report.

Details

• Creators:
  Lozev, Margarit G
• Corporate Creators:
  Virginia. Dept. of Transportation ; Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bridges--Maintenance and repair--Virginia
  • Bridges--Automation--Virginia
  • Robotics
  • Robot vision
• Publication/ Report Number:
  VTRC 98-IR3
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Virginia
• Edition:
  Interim report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC)
• Abstract:
  This interim report describes the progress during the first year of a project to develop robotics hardware for nondestructive evaluation of steel structures. The project objectives are to (1) develop and test an improved prototype (POLECAT-II) crawling robotics system for the remote nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of high-mast light poles, and (2) to demonstrate the use of robotics systems for nondestructive inspection of highway bridges and structures. The project has produced a new design of a robotic device called POLECAT-11M which will be further tested and refined. It will be utilized to guide the evolution of a more dexterous device during the remaining 2.5 year project.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/19479/dot_19479_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.12 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7a1d81dd184ac4532d5c5096e16090101ccabcd43b26785472b5dc73b2e46f8595c2002fe661f0e9bdfa3552a7791e9a3cebe217de7e20de516843a424531931