Aerial robotic technologies for civil engineering: established and emerging practice
Aerial robotic technologies for civil engineering: established and emerging practice
Aerial robotic technology has potential for use in a wide variety of civil engineering applications. Such technology potentially offers low-cost methods to replace expensive structural health monitoring activities such as visual inspection. Aerial robots also have potential uses in civil construction and for regional surveys. This paper presents the results of a review on the applications of aerial robotic technology in civil engineering. Such civil engineering applications can be classified into three broad areas: (i) monitoring and inspection of civil infrastructure; (ii) site management, robotic construction, and maintenance and (iii) post-disaster response surveys and rapid damage assessments. The motivations for uptake of aerial robotics in the civil engineering industry generally fall into the following categories: (i) cost savings, (ii) improved measurement capability and (iii) safety improvements. The categories of aerial robotic use in civil engineering are then classified as either ‘established’ or ‘emerging’ uses.
Construction site management, Post-disaster response survey, Robotic construction, Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
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Freeman, M. R.
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Kashani, Mohammad
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Vardanega, Paul J.
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Freeman, M. R.
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Kashani, Mohammad
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Vardanega, Paul J.
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Freeman, M. R., Kashani, Mohammad and Vardanega, Paul J.
(2021)
Aerial robotic technologies for civil engineering: established and emerging practice.
Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems, 9 (2), .
(doi:10.1139/juvs-2020-0019).
Abstract
Aerial robotic technology has potential for use in a wide variety of civil engineering applications. Such technology potentially offers low-cost methods to replace expensive structural health monitoring activities such as visual inspection. Aerial robots also have potential uses in civil construction and for regional surveys. This paper presents the results of a review on the applications of aerial robotic technology in civil engineering. Such civil engineering applications can be classified into three broad areas: (i) monitoring and inspection of civil infrastructure; (ii) site management, robotic construction, and maintenance and (iii) post-disaster response surveys and rapid damage assessments. The motivations for uptake of aerial robotics in the civil engineering industry generally fall into the following categories: (i) cost savings, (ii) improved measurement capability and (iii) safety improvements. The categories of aerial robotic use in civil engineering are then classified as either ‘established’ or ‘emerging’ uses.
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Accepted/In Press date: 13 January 2021
e-pub ahead of print date: 18 January 2021
Published date: 1 June 2021
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This work was partly funded by the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) under the project ?Seismic Safety and Resilience of Schools in Nepal? SAFER (EP/P028926/1).
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Keywords:
Construction site management, Post-disaster response survey, Robotic construction, Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
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ISSN: 2291-3467
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