Authors
Hiroyasu Hirai*, Kazuo Ishii
Department of Human Intelligence Systems, Kyushu Institute of Technology,
2-4 Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 808-0196, Japan
*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
Corresponding Author
Hiroyasu Hirai
Received 21 November 2018, Accepted 25 December 2018, Available Online
25 June 2019.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2991/jrnal.k.190531.004
Keywords
Underwater robot; dam inspection; underwater robot positioning; remotely
operated vehicle
Abstract
The maintenances of social infrastructures such as dams and bridges are
important subjects. The older the infrastructure becomes, the more need
there is for effective inspection methods. In the inspection of the underwater
dam structure, divers can be used, but the inspection result is insufficient.
We developed an underwater inspection robot for use not only with dams,
but in bridges, etc. It can do video capture, indirect measurement using
a laser, depth and heading keeping as well as having other functions too.
The underwater inspection robot was tested in an actual dam inspection
where it showed its’ effectiveness.
Copyright
© 2019 The Authors. Published by ALife Robotics Corp. Ltd.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license
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