[HTML][HTML] Non-destructive testing applications for steel bridges

SS Khedmatgozar Dolati, N Caluk, A Mehrabi… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The growing population and increasing demand for surface transportation have highlighted
the importance of maintaining safe and reliable civil infrastructures for daily use. Among all …

[HTML][HTML] Review of non-destructive civil infrastructure evaluation for bridges: State-of-the-art robotic platforms, sensors and algorithms

H Ahmed, HM La, N Gucunski - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
The non-destructive evaluation (NDE) of civil infrastructure has been an active area of
research in recent decades. The traditional inspection of civil infrastructure mostly relies on …

High-mobility inchworm climbing robot for steel bridge inspection

TH Lin, A Putranto, PH Chen, YZ Teng… - Automation in Construction, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The High Mobility Inchworm Climbing Robot (HMICRobot), capable of traversing
diaphragms between sections and performing internal inspections of steel box girder …

Agile robotic inspection of steel structures: A bicycle‐like approach with multisensor integration

ST Nguyen, KT La, HM La - Journal of Field Robotics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper introduces an innovative and streamlined design of a robot, resembling a bicycle,
created to effectively inspect a wide range of ferromagnetic structures, even those with …

Multi-directional bicycle robot for bridge inspection with steel defect detection system

H Ahmed, ST Nguyen, D La, CP Le… - 2022 IEEE/RSJ …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel design of a multi-directional bicycle robot, which is developed
for the inspection of steel structures, in particular, steel-reinforced bridges. The locomotion …

Development of a fuzzy logic controller for autonomous navigation of building inspection robots in unknown environments

S Chang, MFF Siu, H Li - Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Robotic building inspection is gaining popularity as a way to increase the security,
productivity, and cost-effectiveness of traditional inspection tasks. Despite the development …

An agile bicycle-like robot for complex steel structure inspection

ST Nguyen, H Nguyen, ST Bui, TD Ngo… - … on Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a simple but compact design of a bicycle-like robot for inspecting
complex-shaped ferromagnetic structures. The design concept for versatile locomotion relies …

A robust and reliable climbing robot for steel structure inspection

AQ Pham, C Motley, ST Nguyen… - 2022 IEEE/SICE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new, robust and reliable robot capable of carrying heavy equipment
loads without sacrificing mobility that can improve the safety and detail of steel inspections in …

[PDF][PDF] Use of deep encoder-decoder network for sub-surface inspection and evaluation of bridge decks

H Ahmed, A Tavakkoli, HM La - … of the 13th International Workshop on …, 2022 - par.nsf.gov
The automation of various processes underlying maintenance and inspection of bridges
using different robots have gained considerable attention in recent literature. For the …

Flying-climbing mobile robot for steel bridge inspection

AQ Pham, AT La, E Chang… - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The research of robots to assist people in inspecting the quality of steel bridges has attracted
significant attention in recent years. However, the intricate structure of the steel bridge …