Integrating disruptive technologies within smart cities improves the infrastructure needed to
potentially deal with disasters. This paper provides a perspective review of disruptive …

The application of the cutting-edge technologies of robotics and computer science to
structural health monitoring (SHM) of bridges have gained much attention. This review …

Construction robots continue to be increasingly deployed on construction sites to assist
human workers in various tasks to improve safety, efficiency, and productivity. Due to the …

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 …

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 …

As an effort of automating the bridge inspection process, this paper presents a new
development of an adaptable tank-like robot, which can climb on steel structures to collect …

This paper presents visual and 3D structure inspection for steel structures and bridges using
a developed climbing robot. The robot can move freely on a steel surface, carry sensors …

A semi-autonomous robotic system dedicated to road and train bridge inspection is
presented in this paper. So far, bridge inspections have been performed manually by …

Civil infrastructure inspection is crucial to maintaining the quality of that infrastructure, which
has a great impact on the economy. Performing this inspection is costly work that requires …

Abstract The High Mobility Inchworm Climbing Robot (HMICRobot), capable of traversing
diaphragms between sections and performing internal inspections of steel box girder …