US-Tunisia Planning Visit: In-Pipe Robotic Locomotion and Path Planning

[06:13016 . ghoral]该计划访问奖允许德克萨斯州休斯顿莱斯大学机械工程系的Fathi H. Ghorbel博士与突尼斯莫纳斯提尔国立工程学院的Lotfi Romdhane博士合作，共同规划管道机器人的运动和路径规划项目。智力优势：最近，在管道内移动的机器人开始在研究界得到重视。例如，在石化和能源管道内移动的机器人代表了管道内检查的新手段，将彻底改变这一关键行业基础设施的健康监测和检查。管道机器人的运动和路径规划是管道机器人技术发展的关键。这次访问将允许Ghorbel博士和Romdhane博士利用他们的机器人经验来制定这类机器人的运动学和路径规划问题。这次访问将使这种互动达到研究项目制定的水平。广泛影响：除了知识交流外，此次访问将为未来的合作奠定基础，从而在学生交流、开发新的机器人课程材料以及让女性和少数民族参与项目等方面产生更广泛的影响。该项目的工作如果成功，将对利用长管道的行业产生重大影响。

0613016 GhorbalThis planning-visit award allows Dr. Fathi H. Ghorbel, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas to work with Dr. Lotfi Romdhane, Ecole Nationale de Ingenieurs de Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia, to plan a joint project on the locomotion and path planning of in-pipe robots. Intellectual Merit: Recently, robots that move inside pipes started to gain importance within the research community. For example, robots moving inside petrochemical and energy pipes represent a new means of in-pipe inspection that will revolutionize the health monitoring and inspection of this critical industry infrastructure. In-pipe robotic locomotion and path planning is crucial in the advancement of this robotic technology. This visit will allow Dr. Ghorbel and Dr. Romdhane to make their robotic experiences in use to formulate the problem of the kinematics and path planning of this type of robots. The visit will allow taking this interaction to a research project formulation level. Broad Impact: Aside from the intellectual exchanges, the visit will set the stage to future collaboration leading to broader impacts in the area of student exchanges, development of new robotic coursework material, and the involvement of females and minorities in the project. The work on the project, if successful, can have significant impacts on industries that utilize long pipelines.