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The current research is devoted to the field of sensor data processing and communication system. The purpose of this research is to develop an autonomous mobile robot to organize automatic inspection platform for inspection tasks in areas which are not easily accessible by humans such as small range pipelines. This paper investigates a new sensing approach for inspection of inaccessible tubular structures that is able to exceed the restrictions of available inspection systems. A well-organized platform using various sensors and actuators has been proposed. The purpose of this paper is to develop a mobile robot which acts as a pipe inspector, along with presenting a control system to design the navigation system of such platform.
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Faramarzi, F., Motamedi, M., Javid, A.A., Vatani, A. (2012). Control Strategies of a Mobile Robot Inspector in Inaccessible Areas. In: Su, CY., Rakheja, S., Liu, H. (eds) Intelligent Robotics and Applications. ICIRA 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7506. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33509-9_1
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