摘要: |
Three ongoing accelerated bridge construction (ABC) projects involve tasks, that demand the development of specialized robots. Within those projects, small scale robots are developed. However, students do not have the knowledge or capability to develop robots that can print or function at full-scale. Applied Research Center (ARC) at Florida International University (FIU) has a division that specializes in development of full-scale and functional robots. Under this project, ARC will assist the graduate students involved in the three ongoing ABC projects to develop full scale, customized robots and allow achieving the objectives of those three projects. The three ongoing ABC projects are related to 3D-printing of ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) shells, UHPC shotcrete for culvert repair, and accelerated inspection of steel strands using magnetic flux leakage (MFL) technology. The success of this project will have payoff by assisting the three on-going project which have high potential payoffs. |