An inspection system (1) includes: a probe (12) that is hollow, extends in a rod shape along a center axis (11), and rotates around the center axis; an optical system (30) that, through the probe, supplies laser light for inspection purposes along the center axis and receives reflected light from a surface of an inspection target that has returned along the center axis; an optical element (50) that, through an opening at a front end of the probe, emits the laser light for inspection purposes toward the inspection target with respect to the center axis and guides the reflected light in the direction of the center axis; and a gas supplying system (80) that discharges gas (89) from the opening through the probe.

A system for improved surgical cutting in the presence of surgical debris, the system comprising: a surgical cutter comprising a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end of the surgical cutter being configured to cut bone; a debris detection system mounted to the surgical cutter, the debris detection system comprising: a light source for emitting light; a receiver for receiving light emitted from the light source; and a microprocessor for determining a change in a characteristic of the light emitted by the light source and received by the receiver, and for determining the presence and/or amount of surgical debris present at a surgical site using a change in a characteristic of the light emitted by the light source and received by the receiver; and a controller for varying, based on the presence and/or amount of surgical debris present at the surgical site, at least one of (i) an amount of irrigation supplied to the surgical site, (ii) the feed rate of the surgical cutter, (iii) the direction of the surgical cutter, and (iv) the spindle speed of the surgical cutter.

A borescope is for optically inspecting gas turbines of aircraft engines. The borescope having an electronic image capture unit as a borescope objective at an end of a shaft, which is suitable for insertion into a borescope opening and configured for accurate positioning of the borescope objective relative to the borescope opening and through which data lines and supply lines for the image capture unit are guided. The image capture unit has: two spaced apart image capture sensors, recording cones of which overlap in a specified recording plane forming a recording region, in such a way that image data of the two image capture sensors are configured to be processed into 3-D data by way of triangulation.

An embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining, from a multi-sensor pipe inspection robot that traverses through the interior of a pipe, two or more sets of condition assessment data for the interior of the pipe collected during a single pass through the interior of the pipe; the two or more sets of condition assessment data comprising a first data type obtained using a first sensor type and a second data type obtained using a second sensor type; combining, using a processor, two or more image processing techniques to adjust imaging of a pipe feature; and forming, using the processor, an image of the interior of the pipe using the two or more image processing techniques. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

According to one embodiment, a holding apparatus holds a moving body and changes a position of the moving body in a second direction perpendicular to a surface of a columnar body. The surface of the columnar body extends in the first direction. The moving body is movable along the first direction. The apparatus includes first and second holders separated from each other. The first holder includes first and second portions separated from each other, and a third portion. The second holder includes fourth and fifth portions separated from each other, and a sixth portion. The moving body is held by the first and second holders in a state in which the moving body is at a hold position. The hold position is where the moving body opposes the third and sixth portions and is between the first and second portions and between the fourth and fifth portions.

An embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining, from a multi-sensor pipe inspection robot that traverses through the interior of a pipe, sensor data, such as structured laser light sensor data and Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) sensor data, for the interior of the pipe; identifying a pipe feature using one or more of the sensor data types; selecting an image processing technique based on the pipe feature identified using a stored association between the pipe feature and an image processing technique; and forming an image of the interior of the pipe by implementing the selected image processing technique. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

This application relates to tools, systems, and methods for stimulating hydrocarbon bearing formations using energy from sonoluminescence.

A mobile platform uses a charge accumulation control system to control a charge accumulation while the mobile platform is in the tank. Alternatively or additionally, the mobile platform includes a retrieval system having a buoyant body, a primary tether, and a secondary tether. Alternatively or additionally, an electrical cable is used to reduce a voltage difference between the mobile platform and the tank or other structure by electrically connecting to an electrically conductive member on the mobile platform.

The invention relates to a method for measuring a tubular strand exiting from an extrusion device, wherein electromagnetic radiation is directed from at least one radiation source within a frequency range of 1 GHz to 6000 GHz from the inside to the inner side of the tubular strand, wherein electromagnetic radiation reflected by the tubular strand is received by at least one radiation receiver, and wherein the diameter, and/or the wall thickness, and/or deviations in shape of the tubular strand are ascertained from the received electromagnetic radiation. Moreover, the invention relates to a corresponding device.

A system for performing multiple operations on one or more weld joints of a pipe string includes a robotic scanning device that is configured to controllably travel inside of the pipe string and detect, scan and uniquely identify each weld joint within the pipe string. The system further includes a plurality of secondary robotic devices that are each configured to controllably travel inside of the pipe string and perform one or more specific operations on the one or more weld joints of the pipe string. The robotic scanning device includes a processor that is configured to generate a work plan for the plurality of secondary robotic devices. The robotic scanning device transmits work plan commands to each of the plurality of secondary robotic devices and receive transmissions from the plurality of secondary robotic devices.