Title: Robotic and Mobile Sensor Systems for Structural Health Monitoring

This paper describes the use of robotic and other mobile sensor systems for adaptive structural health monitoring. Sensing parameters on large structures poses many challenges due to size, geometry, and the ability to measure important events and parameters in a timely manner. Damage is often localized, can occur in unexpected places and at unexpected times. Mobile robotic and deployable sensor systems offer the opportunity to adapt to structural changes and events as they emerge and to measure where it is impractical or dangerous to humans. Some of the design issues for mobile sensor systems are discussed. Results from a study of four different beam crawling robots will be presented