NEURAL NETWORKS AND ROBOTICS APPLIED TO THE NONDESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION AIRCRAFT

THE FUNDAMENTAL OBJECTIVE OF NETROLOGIC'S PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO SPECIFY A MOBILE ROBOTIC AIRCRAFT INSPECTION SYSTEM WHICH IS RELIABLE, ADAPTIVE, USER FRIENDLY AND COST-EFFECTIVE. WHEN SUCH A SYSTEM BECOMES AVAILABLE TO THE NATION'S AIRLINES IT WILL ENABLE MORE FREQUENT, FASTER AND MORE ACCURATE INSPECTION FOR FATIGUE OR BENDING CRACKS IN AIRCRAFT. NETROLOGIC AND OUR SUBCONTRACTOR, SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE PROPOSED TO APPLY NEW METHODS IN PATTERN RECOGNITION USING NEURAL NETWORKS AND TO INVESTIGATE TECHNIQUES USED ON A MOBILE ROBOTIC DERIVETER DEVELOPED AT THE SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE.