The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied bythe inventors: “Mobile robots can play an integral role in the inspection of industrial complexes. Inspectionof elevated assets, including pip es and vessels, is typically done manually by an inspector using a handheldUT ( ultrasonic testing) sensor to measure wall thickness. This requires the erection of scaffolding to allowaccessibility to the points of interest on the asset. S caffolding poses safety hazards (e.g. falling risk) andincurs significant cost to erect for every inspection job.
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