| Title:
| Robots Designed To Save Lives Of Construction Workers
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| Description:
| The Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) of the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech won the grand prize at the 2008 International Capstone Design Fair with a trio of pole-climbing serpentine robots designed to take the place of construction workers tasked with dangerous jobs such as inspecting high-rises or underwater bridge piers. The autonomous robots are designed to climb scaffolding and buildings by wrapping around a poll or beam and then rolling upward via an oscillating joint motion. Using built-in sensors and cameras, the robots would then inspect the structures or handle other dangerous tasks now done by humans, said Dennis Hong, director of Virginia Tech’s Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory and the faculty adviser on the project.
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| Orig. Date:
| December 11, 2008
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| Source:
| Science Daily. Adapted from materials provided by Virginia Tech, via Newswise.
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| Contributor:
| Bruce Buchanan
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| Type:
| Text
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| Language:
| English
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| htm
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| Last Edit:
| Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:31:54 -0800
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