As an effort of automating the bridge inspection process, this paper presents a new
development of an adaptable tank-like robot, which can climb on steel structures to collect …

Maintenance, which is critical for safe, reliable, quality, and cost-effective service, plays a
dominant role in the railway industry. Therefore, this paper examines the importance and …

This paper presents visual and 3D structure inspection for steel structures and bridges using
a developed climbing robot. The robot can move freely on a steel surface, carry sensors …

Robots are becoming integral to society and industries due to their enormous advantages.
Among the various categories of mobile robots, including wheeled robot, tracked robot, and …

The advanced robotic and automation (ARA) lab has developed and successfully
implemented a design inspired by many of the various cutting edge steel inspection robots …

Today, robots are expected to be used for the inspection of infrastructures such as bridges.
One important task in bridge inspection is to acquire clear images of its various parts for …

Motivated by a high demand for automated inspection of civil infrastructure, this work
presents an efficient design and development of a tank-like robot for structural health …

Steel bridges constitute the second most bridges in the US while the number of deficient
bridges are growing. Currently, the majority number of current bridge inspections are done …

The orthotropic steel-box girder (OSG) is widely used in the construction of a large-scale
bridges. Since cumulative damages caused by the heavy vehicles and initial flaws of …

This paper presents a multi-link magnetic wheeled pipeline robot (PR-I), which is a flexible
and modular robotic mechanism. It is designed for inspection, cleaning or disinfection of …