Improper maintenance, repair, and operations of societal centric structures can lead to
catastrophic failures that drastically affect global economy, the environment, and everyday …

Many environments are inaccessible or hazardous for humans. Remaining debris after
earthquake and fire, ship hulls, bridge installations, and oil rigs are some examples. For …

The workspace of hexapod robots is a key performance parameter which has attracted the
attention of numerous researchers during the past decades. The selection of the hexapod …

Blasting and painting operations involve high consumption of materials such as blasting
grits and paint. In Singapore, most of the ship hull cleaning and blasting process are manual …

Miniature autonomous vehicles offer high potential for inspection tasks in areas where
access is difficult or that are hazardous for human intervention. This paper focuses on the …

Due to the importance of the workspace and stability in mobile robot dynamic control, a
variety of workspace and stability criteria exist in the field of multi-legged and wheeled …

Shipbuilding industry is one of the oldest and the heaviest production industries all over the
world. There are several production processes which result in hazardous waste and …

This paper presents a dynamic modeling and experimental evaluation of reaction forces and
joints torque of a hexapod robot walking in a straight line with a tripod gate. First, the …

The maintenance and inspection of societal structures and equipment such as skyscrapers,
bridges, and ship hulls are important to maintaining a safe lifestyle. Improper maintanance …

Reference architectures for specific domains can provide significant benefits in productivity
and quality for real-time systems development. These systems require an exact …