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Mobile System for Non Destructive Testing of Weld Joints via Time of Flight Diffraction (TOFD) Technique

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Robot Motion and Control 2011

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This paper describes research towards the development of a robotic system for automated welded joint testing. The tests are often carried out manually by skilled personnel. Automating the inspection process would reduce errors and associated costs. The system proposed in this paper is based on a mobile robot platform and is designed to carry ultrasonic sensors in order to scan welds for defects. The robot is equipped with a vision system in order to detect the weld position. A fuzzy control system is used in order to control robot motion along the weld.

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  1. Institute of Automatic Control and Robotics, Warsaw University of Technology, ul. Św. A. Boboli 8, 02-525, Warsaw, Poland

    Barbara Siemia̧tkowska, Rafał Chojecki & Mateusz Wiśniowski

  2. Institute of Control and Computation Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, ul. Nowowiejska 15/19, 00-665, Warsaw, Poland

    Michał Walȩcki

  3. Materials Engineers Group Ltd., ul. Wołoska 141, 02-507, Warsaw, Poland

    Marcin Wielgat & Jakub Michalski

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    Krzysztof Kozłowski

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Siemia̧tkowska, B., Chojecki, R., Wiśniowski, M., Walȩcki, M., Wielgat, M., Michalski, J. (2012). Mobile System for Non Destructive Testing of Weld Joints via Time of Flight Diffraction (TOFD) Technique. In: Kozłowski, K. (eds) Robot Motion and Control 2011. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 422. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2343-9_6

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