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fury
Fury fits through openings as small as four inches (ten centimeters) in diameter and is equipped with magnetic wheels and a transition mechanism which allow Fury to traverse up to 95% of a tank's interior. Tools can include inspection sensors, cameras, and surface cleaning devices.
Fury is a small mobile robot developed for ultrasonic inspection of underground storage tanks such as those located at gasoline stations. The system consists of a robot assembly and an inspection assembly. The robot assembly supports and moves the inspection assembly over the tank interior surfaces. The robot deploys through the 4 inch filler pipe of the tank and attaches to the tank wall with permanent magnet wheels. This allows movement vertically and upside down over the entirety of the inside tank surface. Steering and transition mechanisms are provided for navigation on all surfaces including tank end caps. The inspection assembly contains the ultrasonic transducer for wall thickness measurement and the tank wall cleaning components. Spinning brushes remove rust and scale to improve the ultrasonic measurement performance. The operator console displays numeric and graphical information showing the position of the robot in the tank and robot status as well as logging thickness data from the ultrasonic data acquisition system.