Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP100200750

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP100200750

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Biologically inspired robotic system for steel bridge condition assessment. Australia has many thousands of steel bridges which form a key infrastructure supporting urban and rural communities. Periodic inspection is a vital undertaking that minimises risk of bridge failures and associated community impact. This project will develop a robotic inspection system capable of crawling over the structure, inspecting all areas, acquiring essential information and appropriately presenting these to a human operator to facilitate effective condition assessment. The project's outcomes will lay the foundation for the world-wide use of bio-inspired robots in civil infrastructure condition assessment, significantly increasing worker’ safety and greatly reducing the costs and improving the efficiency of the inspection process.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 05-10-2010

End Date: 31-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $420,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Transport Engineering | Manufacturing Engineering | Manufacturing Robotics and Mechatronics (excl. Automotive Mechatronics) |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Machinery and Equipment not elsewhere classified | Road Infrastructure and Networks | Rail Infrastructure and Networks

Other Keywords

Machinery and Equipment not elsewhere classified | Manufacturing Engineering | Manufacturing Robotics and Mechatronics (excl. Automotive Mechatronics) | Rail Infrastructure and Networks | Road Infrastructure and Networks | Transport Engineering

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