Descripción del proyecto
THE ARTIC PROJECT PROPOSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTONOMOUS AERIAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR INSPECTION OF TUNNELS, PENSTOCKS AND OTHER UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES WHICH IS ABLE TO HAVE PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH THE WALLS OF THE TUNNEL AND PERFORM CONTACT INSPECTION WITH ULTRASOUND SENSORS FOR MEASURING CRACK WIDTH AND DEPTH, IN ADDITION TO VISUAL INSPECTION WITH CAMERAS,ARTIC ADAPTS AND INTEGRATES RECENT RESEARCH RESULTS IN AERIAL MANIPULATORS, COMPLIANT ARMS, INTELLIGENT CONTROL IN ROBOTICS, PERCEPTION AND SENSING, IN AN INTEGRATED AERIAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM THAT CAN CARRY A LIGHTWEIGHT MANIPULATOR ARM THAT WILL SCAN TUNNEL WALLS AND CEILING FOR POTENTIAL CRACKS ON THE SURFACE OR CONCRETE SWELLING OR SPALLING, THE AERIAL ROBOT WILL CONTACT THE TUNNEL WITH ITS COMPLIANT ARM WHILE IN FLIGHT TO NON-DESTRUCTIVELY MEASURE THE DEPTH OF CRACKS, DEFORMATION, AND DELAMINATION, THE ABOVE WILL PROVIDE INPUT FOR A STRUCTURAL TUNNEL ASSESSMENT, THE ARTIC SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE EXPLOITABLE IN THE SHORT TERM, ROBOTS AÉREOS\MANIPULACIÓN AÉREA\INSPECCIÓN DE TÚNELES