Assessment of Soil Strength using a Robotically Deployed and Retrieved Penetrometer
Victor M. Baez,Ami Shah,Samuel Akinwande,Navid H. Jafari,Aaron T. Becker,Victor M. Baez,Ami Shah,Samuel Akinwande,Navid H. Jafari,Aaron T. Becker
This paper presents a method for performing free-fall penetrometer tests for soft soils using an instrumented dart deployed by a quadcopter. Tests were performed with three soil types and used to examine the effect of drop height on the penetration depth and the deceleration profile. Further tests analyzed the force required to remove a dart from the soil and the effect of pulling at different spe...
