Delivering Maintenance and Repair Actions via Automated/Robotic Systems

Robots are an emerging force in some of the most challenging working environments. Whether they are flying drones or climbing robots, rigid machinery systems or soft robots made from flexible organic materials, their mix of mobility, strength, and configurability poises them to revolutionize the field of infrastructure maintenance and repair. Despite their promise, there is currently no systematic investigation on how robots can be leveraged to deliver maintenance and repairing actions to transportation infrastructure. In particular, there is a lack of understanding on how robotic systems can be used to go beyond detecting defects in infrastructure to actually applying repairs. The primary goal of this project is to identify and evaluate the feasibility of developing and deploying autonomous systems that can streamline and enhance the quality of common repair and maintenance. The robotic systems currently used in construction offer examples of the feasibility of such systems to safely conduct physical interventions. This project aims to build upon these examples to examine how autonomous systems will be able to intervene and take corrective actions to enhance the durability of transportation infrastructure. The results of the investigation could potentially spawn a new research direction and may revolutionize the way infrastructure is managed, preserved, and renewed.

• Record URL:
  https://cait.rutgers.edu/research/delivering-maintenance-and-repair-actions-via-automated-robotic-systems/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $335472
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551847102

  CAIT-UTC-REG 9

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

  225 Park Avenue South
  New York, NY  United States  10003

  Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation

  Rutgers University
  100 Brett Road
  Piscataway, NJ  United States  08854-8058
• Project Managers:

  Szary, Patrick

  Kumapley, Robert

  Galka, Phillip

• Performing Organizations:

  Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation

  Rutgers University
  100 Brett Road
  Piscataway, NJ  United States  08854-8058

  Rowan University

  College of Engineering
  201 Mullica Hill Road
  Glassboro, NJ  United States  08028

  New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

  Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
  University Heights
  Newark, NJ  United States  07102-1982

  University at Buffalo - SUNY

  221 Ketter Hall
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14260
• Principal Investigators:

  Gong, Jie

  Moon, Franklin

  Nazari, Rouzbeh

  Bandelt, Matthew

  Liang, Xiao

• Start Date: 20180901
• Expected Completion Date: 20231231
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Feasibility analysis; Infrastructure; Maintenance management; Materials; Repairing; Robots; Technological innovations
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Maintenance and Preservation; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01696367
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551847102, CAIT-UTC-REG 9
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Feb 26 2019 2:51PM