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Meet EMILY, MDOT s remote-controlled boat that inspects bridge damage
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EMILY, or EMergency Integrated LanYard, helps Michigan s civil engineers perform bridge inspections (Michigan Department of Transportation)
Its name is EMILY and it was just named a gamechanger in the world of infrastructure.
That s according to the American Society of Civil Engineers, which placed MDOT s use of EMILY, a remote-controlled boat that helps infrastructure inspections on bridges on its list of 2021 Infrastructure Gamechangers.
Among the state s most notable places that EMILY visited were along the flooded rivers of mid-Michigan during a massive flooding event last year. Even while water levels were still on the rise in the flooded areas, we were able to get EMILY in the water to determine if scour was getting worse in some locations, said MDOT Bay Region Bridge Engineer Paul Schiefer. After water levels stabilized, we were able to use the system again to confirm again t
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Bridge inspections with drone boats an infrastructure Gamechanger
Contact: Dan Weingarten, MDOT Office of Communications, 906-250-4809Agency: Transportation
Fast facts:
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recently named the Michigan Department of Transportation s (MDOT) use of unmanned remote-controlled boats for bridge inspection to the group s list of 2021 Infrastructure Gamechangers.
Sonar EMILY is a remote-piloted boat that MDOT has been using to combat bridge scour, the degradation of the streambed around bridge abutments due to water currents.
Unmanned surface vehicles can be much safer and less labor-intensive than traditional bridge inspection methods.
March 15, 2021 It s a big recognition for a little boat. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recently named the Michigan Department of Transportation s (MDOT) use of unmanned remote-controlled boats for bridge inspection to the group s list of Infrastructure Gamechangers for 2021.
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) included Sonar EMILY (EMergency Integrated LanYard), a drone boat that MDOT has been using to combat bridge scour, on its list of 13 successful infrastructure solutions across the country.