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NY aqueduct tunnel inspector bot
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 14 Mar 2002 16:48:42 GMT
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Chris 'Xenon' Hanson <XENON@spamcake3DNATURE.COM>
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[xenon@]saynotospam[3dnature.com]
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http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/12/science/12AQUE.html
I found this article talking about remote robotic submersible tunnel
inspection very interesting. I recall a Mindstorm tunnel-roof inspector
bot that was part of my inspiration to build my own remote sensing bots,
such as the LIDARStation:
http://www.arcticus.com/Lego
As a diver myself, I've often speculated about building submersible
robots, but I don't think Mindstorms are the proper medium. Too difficult
to seal the electronics.
Building bouyancy-control mechanisms would be cool. Not sure how well
IR data transmission would work under water. Maybe short distances in
shallow water, but I bet you couldn't transmit through the air-water
interface at the surface. Your IR tower would itself probably have to
be submerged.
Chris - Xenon
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| Chris, Actually it has been done! The University of Rhode Island Oceanography Undergraduate/Graduate Program entry to the 2000 International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competion (AUVISI - (URL) won the competition with a submersible whos engine (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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