JPL's
NDEAA Robotic Devices homepage
This Website describes the JPL's NDEAA robotic devices and systems activity. Of
particular interest a miniature crawling automatic device (MACS) was developed
that can serve as a mobility platform for nondestructive testing (NDE) and
maintenance applications
Related Patents
"Multifunction
automated crawling system," patent No. 5,890,553, April 6, 1999
"Multifunction
automated crawling system," patent No. 6,105,695, August 22, 2000
Publications
Robotic
platforms for miniature inspection instrumentation
(Proceedings of ASNT Spring Conf., Anaheim, CA, March 98)
Mother-Crawler
and Modular NDE-Boards for Robotics Scanning and Testing
(Proceedings of ASNT Fall Conf., Nashville, TN, October 98)
"Scanning
aircraft structures using open-architecture robotic crawlers as platforms with
NDE boards and sensors"
Submitted to Material Evaluation Dec. 98
"Automation,
Miniature Robotics and Sensing for Nondestructive Evaluation and Testing,"
Y. Bar-Cohen (Ed.) Vol. 4 of Topics On Nondestructive Evaluation (TONE),
ISBN 1-57117-043, pp. 1-481, April 2000
This book is available from Shop ASNT
- TONE Vol. 4
"Scanning
Large Aerospace Structures Using Open-Architecture Crawlers," NSMMS
Symposium, San Diego, CA, 27 Feb. to 2 March 2000.
Last update January 11, 1999