Abstract
Investigators publish new report on Robotics. According to news reporting out of Zurich, Switzerland, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Autonomous non-destructive testing (NDT) on reinforced concrete structures has a large potential to overcome the limitations of current routine inspection techniques, often not capable of detecting corrosion at an early stage. Here, the development and validation of two probes, tailored to acquire contact-based NDT data with the help of a hexacopter, is presented.” Financial support for this research came from ETH Research Grant. Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, “Each probe allows the combined measurement of two essential parameters in the condition assessment: half-cell potentials and concrete electrical resistivity. Strategies are presented to monitor probe functionality during operation and detect loss of contact between probe and structure, which is considered essential for autonomous NDT. The presented approach enables effective and reliable autonomous corrosion inspection, surpassing traditional visual inspections by localizing corrosion at an early stage, allowing engineers a better planning of maintenance.”
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