---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000001276"
title: "System, method, and apparatus for inspecting a surface"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:04:36.885237Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000001276"
categories:
  - "sensors-controls-machine-vision/industrial-control"
keywords:
  - "g01n29/043"
  - "g05d1/0227"
  - "g05d1/0227"
  - "b08b9/049"
  - "b25j13/08"
  - "b25j13/088"
---

# System, method, and apparatus for inspecting a surface

## Abstract

A system includes an inspection robot comprising a main body and at least one payload; a plurality of arms, where each of the plurality of arms is pivotally mounted to the at least one payload to rotate around respective ones of a plurality of axes while the inspection robot traverses an inspection surface in a direction of travel, and where at least one of the plurality of axes is in the direction of travel; a plurality of sleds mounted to the plurality of arms; a plurality of inspection sensors coupled to the plurality of sleds such that each sensor is operationally couplable to the inspection surface; and where the plurality of sleds are distributed horizontally at adjustable positions spaced apart from each other across the at least one payload to inspect the inspection surface at a selected horizontal resolution.