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Mobile Inspection Assistance, Purdue Ect Team
Mobile Inspection Assistance, Purdue Ect Team
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While advanced bridge management systems are being created, deployed and used to collect data for inventories of bridges and support the systematic identification and prioritization of needs, the bridge inspectors in the field are using paper-based to support, and record the result of their inspection process. MIA which is a wearable computer system, helps bridge inspectors collect multimedia information in the field and produce the inspection report. This system allows the inspector to fill out the inspection form, access previous inspection reports, make sketches of bridge elements, take photographs and produce the inspection report via voice or pen interface.
Global Mobile Communication System, Purdue Ect Team
Global Mobile Communication System, Purdue Ect Team
ECT Fact Sheets
The Global Mobile Communications System is a satellite-based, wireless personal communications network designed to permit any type of telephone transmission -- voice, data, fax, paging -- to reach its destination anywhere on earth, at any time. It is bringing a new dimension of capability to the commercial, rural and mobile sectors by providing universal, portable service.
Updater™: Mobile Schedule Tracking Software, Purdue Ect Team
Updater™: Mobile Schedule Tracking Software, Purdue Ect Team
ECT Fact Sheets
Virginia Tech and Primavera Systems, Inc. have developed a software interface, called Updater, to enable automatic electronic transport of schedule information between the desktop (DT) schedule and a portable palm-held (PH) computer. The Updater aims at simplifying the process of updating construction schedules, and ultimately improving the consistency and quality of updates. The system employs palm-held computers to eliminate reliance on potentially incomplete or unreliable mental or field notes.
Mobile Bricklaying Robot, Purdue Ect Team
Mobile Bricklaying Robot, Purdue Ect Team
ECT Fact Sheets
Bricklaying is a highly repetitive and physically exhaustive task. The tasks of the construction site bricklaying robot include removing bricks or blocks from prepared pallets, the application of bonding material and the erection of brickwork at a high level of accuracy and quality. Prototype realization of the bricklaying robot, which is based on a commercial construction machine, has been done by two research institutes in close cooperation with ten industrial partners.