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An automated miniature robotic vehicle inspection system

Dobie, Gordon and Summan, Rahul and MacLeod, Charles and Pierce, Gareth and Galbraith, Walter (2014) An automated miniature robotic vehicle inspection system. In: 40TH Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation. AIP Publishing, Baltimore. ISBN 978-0-7354-1211-8

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Abstract

A novel, autonomous reconfigurable robotic inspection system for quantitative NDE mapping is presented. The system consists of a fleet of wireless (802.11g) miniature robotic vehicles, each approximately 175 × 125 × 85 mm with magnetic wheels that enable them to inspect industrial structures such as storage tanks, chimneys and large diameter pipe work. The robots carry one of a number of payloads including a two channel MFL sensor, a 5 MHz dry coupled UT thickness wheel probe and a machine vision camera that images the surface. The system creates an NDE map of the structure overlaying results onto a 3D model in real time. The authors provide an overview of the robot design, data fusion algorithms (positioning and NDE) and visualization software.

Item type: Book Section
ID code: 59964
Keywords: robotic inspection system, NDE mapping, 3D models, Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Subjects: Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Department: Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Technology and Innovation Centre > Sensors and Asset Management
Depositing user: Pure Administrator
Date deposited: 24 Feb 2017 15:01
Last modified: 22 Mar 2017 16:05
URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/59964
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