Auto inspection system using a mobile robot for detecting concrete cracks in a tunnel

Automation in Construction

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 255-261

  Yu, Seung Nam ^a   Jang, Jae Ho ^a   Han, Chang Soo ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Crack; Image processing; Inspection; Mobile robot; Tunnel

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CRACK INITIATION; CRACKS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSPECTION; MOBILE ROBOTS; TUNNELS;

AUTOINSPECTION; CONCRETE CRACKS; FIELD EXPERIMENTS;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 33846794389     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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