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Title: POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF ROBOTICS IN TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
Accession Number: 00494997
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Deficiencies in transportation facilities must be addressed urgently. The adoption of new technologies into the transportation sector is necessary to the productive and economic rehabilitation, repair, and maintenance of the infrastructure of existing transportation systems. The continuous need for construction and rehabilitation and repair and maintenance of transportation network systems, specifically under uncontrolled environments, is an issue addressed in conjunction with robotic applications. The nature of robot tasks is discussed in this paper to provide general knowledge about this technology. Also discussed are robot attributes and the manipulation of robots for tasks such as welding and painting of highway bridge components. Current research in other robot applications such as sealing, grinding, sandblasting, inspection of concrete pavements, handling of precast concrete beams, fabrication of steel and reinforcing bars, excavation, tunneling, roadside management, hazardous material handling, railway track maintenance, nuclear plant clean-up, and the use of robots in harsh environments are also described. Although the United States currently has a lead in artificial intelligence, related computer technologies, and some areas of robotics, large-scale field applications of robots is the biggest challenge to this infant technology. There is a great need for a comprehensive, unified robotic research information system for the dissemination of information on robotics in transportation.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1234, Concrete and Construction: New Developments and Management. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01414220
Authors: Najafi, Fazil TNaik, Sumanth MPagination: p. 64-73
Publication Date: 1989
Serial: ISBN: 0309049504
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms:
Artificial intelligence; Comminution; Construction; Driver rehabilitation; Excavation and tunneling; Fabrication; Grinding; Hazardous materials; Information dissemination; Information systems; Inspection; Maintenance; Materials management; Painting; Radioactive waste disposal; Railroad tracks; Repairing; Research; Roadside; Robotics; Sand blasting; Sealing (Technology); Spent reactor fuels; Transportation engineering; Welding
Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Construction; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Public Transportation; Railroads; Research; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jun 30 1990 12:00AM
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