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Aerial robotic technologies for civil engineering: established and emerging practice

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)
2291-3467
75-91
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), 75-91. (doi:10.1139/juvs-2020-0019).

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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
Additional Information: Funding Information: 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). Publisher Copyright: © 2021, Canadian Science Publishing. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Construction site management, Post-disaster response survey, Robotic construction, Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

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Local EPrints ID: 446291
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/446291
ISSN: 2291-3467
PURE UUID: b6e6d36d-ed82-4d5b-871b-5357755649fc
ORCID for Mohammad Kashani: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0008-0007

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Date deposited: 03 Feb 2021 17:35
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:46

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Author: M. R. Freeman
Author: Paul J. Vardanega

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