Neptune: above-ground storage tank inspection robot system
The Neptune system allows unmanned entry and sensor data collection in above-ground storage tanks (ASTs). The sensors are immersed in the petroleum product and uses video and ultrasonics to ascertain from the inside-out the state of corrosion of the floor and side-walls. This eliminates the need to...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | IEEE robotics & automation magazine 1995-06, Vol.2 (2), p.9-15 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The Neptune system allows unmanned entry and sensor data collection in above-ground storage tanks (ASTs). The sensors are immersed in the petroleum product and uses video and ultrasonics to ascertain from the inside-out the state of corrosion of the floor and side-walls. This eliminates the need to empty or clean the tanks and also avoids the required human walk-through inspection, which results in a very sparse data set from which the tank's state must be statistically extrapolated.< > |
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| ISSN: | 1070-9932 1558-223X |
| DOI: | 10.1109/100.392414 |