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Book cover for Technology in Action: <span class="search-highlight">Robotics</span>, Volume 1
Published: 01 January 2020
10.5006/37655-ch01
EISBN: 978-1-57590-403-0
ISBN: 978-1-57590-442-9
...Navigation algorithms developed at the at the Auburn University RFID Lab are presented that can be used to guide autonomous vehicles along a right of way to inspect poles or towers for corrosion, or to inspect enclosed spaces such as power substations. For testing, a differential-drive mobile robot...
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Book Chapter
Book cover for Technology in Action: <span class="search-highlight">Robotics</span>, Volume 1
Published: 01 January 2020
10.5006/37655-ch04
EISBN: 978-1-57590-403-0
ISBN: 978-1-57590-442-9
...Diakont Advanced Technologies was commissioned to assess the integrity of a natural gas pipeline that was partially buried under an urban area on a major North American pipeline. The company used a reduced size robotic crawler to successfully navigate a 10-in pipe. The size of this pipe has...
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With the design phase for the manipulator robot for cathodic protection surveys complete, shown is construction of the hardware model underway. Future work will include real time testing of the robot in the site and its corresponding results.
Published: 01 January 2020
Figure 5.11. With the design phase for the manipulator robot for cathodic protection surveys complete, shown is construction of the hardware model underway. Future work will include real time testing of the robot in the site and its corresponding results. More about this image found in With the design phase for the manipulator robot for cathodic protection sur...
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Path A – robot is released at the launch point (e.g., from a trailer) and programmed to make one loop around a pole. Pole diameter is assumed to be 0.6 m, robot track width is 1 m, and distance from inspection equipment on board the robot to the pole is 1 m. The path shown is the ground track of the center of the robot. Green arrows show motion away from the launch point. Red arrows show motion returning to the launch point. A key result is that the robot can identify when it has fully encircled the pole so it can return to the launch point.
Published: 01 January 2020
Figure 1.1. Path A – robot is released at the launch point (e.g., from a trailer) and programmed to make one loop around a pole. Pole diameter is assumed to be 0.6 m, robot track width is 1 m, and distance from inspection equipment on board the robot to the pole is 1 m. The path shown More about this image found in Path A – robot is released at the launch point (e.g., from...
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Upper left: Ideal path traversed by the inspection robot. Green x’s are the outbound part of the path. Red circles show the returning part of the path. With slight errors introduced into the actuation, paths such as those shown in the other panels are obtained. The primary effects are lack of precise loop closure, and non-straight approach and return paths. It can be seen that the path deviates from a perfect circle as well.
Published: 01 January 2020
Figure 1.5. Upper left: Ideal path traversed by the inspection robot. Green x’s are the outbound part of the path. Red circles show the returning part of the path. With slight errors introduced into the actuation, paths such as those shown in the other panels are obtained. The primary effects More about this image found in Upper left: Ideal path traversed by the inspection robot. Green x’s are the...
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The radar device is strapped to the top of a pipe-inspection robot and integrated into existing assessment software. Photo courtesy of Louisiana Tech University.
Published: 01 January 2020
Figure 2.1. The radar device is strapped to the top of a pipe-inspection robot and integrated into existing assessment software. Photo courtesy of Louisiana Tech University. More about this image found in The radar device is strapped to the top of a pipe-inspection robot and inte...
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Conceptual model of the survey robot (A) and handheld teach pendant to control the robot from a remote location (B).
Published: 01 January 2020
Figure 5.1. Conceptual model of the survey robot (A) and handheld teach pendant to control the robot from a remote location (B). More about this image found in Conceptual model of the survey robot (A) and handheld teach pendant to cont...
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Visual inspection examples: (A) visual inspection using a mirror, (B) robotic crawler used for visual inspection of pipeline, (C) visual inspection of a stack using rope access, and (D) magnetic crawler performing visual inspection offshore.
Published: 01 January 2020
Figure 10.31. Visual inspection examples: (A) visual inspection using a mirror, (B) robotic crawler used for visual inspection of pipeline, (C) visual inspection of a stack using rope access, and (D) magnetic crawler performing visual inspection offshore. More about this image found in Visual inspection examples: (A) visual inspection using a mirror, (B) robot...
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Book Chapter
Book cover for Technology in Action: <span class="search-highlight">Robotics</span>, Volume 1
Published: 01 January 2020
10.5006/37655-ch05
EISBN: 978-1-57590-403-0
ISBN: 978-1-57590-442-9
... handling of the survey equipment, etc. A conceptual robot design was developed to conduct CP site surveys in difficult and dangerous on shore and off shore locations. While performing surveys such as surface inspection for cracks, direct current voltage gradient (DCVG), and close interval potential survey...
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While robots have already been used to find cracks and breaks in underground pipes, the new system looks past the pipe and into the dirt, in search of empty spaces and potential sinkholes.
Published: 01 January 2020
Figure 2.2. While robots have already been used to find cracks and breaks in underground pipes, the new system looks past the pipe and into the dirt, in search of empty spaces and potential sinkholes. More about this image found in While robots have already been used to find cracks and breaks in undergroun...
Book Chapter
Book cover for Technology in Action: <span class="search-highlight">Robotics</span>, Volume 1

Published: 01 January 2020
EISBN: 978-1-57590-403-0
ISBN: 978-1-57590-442-9
... of a Palm Portable Mass Spectrometer ,” J. American Society for Mass Spectrometry   19 , 10 ( 2008 ): pp. 1442 - 1448 . 3. A.   Zelinsky , “ A mobile robot exploration algorithm ,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation   8 , ( 1992 ), pp. 707 – 717 . 4. J...
Book Chapter
Book cover for Technology in Action: <span class="search-highlight">Robotics</span>, Volume 1

Published: 01 January 2020
EISBN: 978-1-57590-403-0
ISBN: 978-1-57590-442-9
..., Sprint Robotics likens what it calls “the rapid acceleration of the development and deployment of new technologies for the inspection, maintenance, and cleaning robotics sector” as essentially being driven by the multiple needs of asset owners, including improved efficiency and ensured human...