MUMBAI, India, Oct. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411024041 A) filed by Sanskriti University, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, on March 26, 2024, for 'automated crack detection and flagging device.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Umesh Sharma; and Dr. Kundan Kumar Chaubey.
The application for the patent was published on Oct. 31, under issue no. 44/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An automated crack detection and flagging device, comprising a platform 1 positioned on a ground surface within a tunnel by means of a pair of track wheels 2 to maneuver the platform 1, a cuboidal body 3 configured with the platform 1 by means of plurality of hydraulic rods 4 for positioning different components, an imaging unit 5 installed over the body 3 to determine location of crack(s) over the surface of tunnel, a sensing module installed over the body 3 to monitor dimension and depth of the detected crack(s), a robotic link 6 configured on body and equipped with a drilling unit to drill a hole, a multi-sectioned chamber 8 arranged with the body 3 to store different flags, a robotic gripper 9 installed over the body 3 to withdraw one of the flag corresponding to the evaluated color and position within the hole."
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