Feb 27, 2018 · A UAV with a passive rotating spherical shell (PRSS) that can easily maneuver while protecting itself is introduced.

Feb 27, 2018 · Figure 2 shows the general design flow of a UAV with a passive rotating spherical shell for close visual inspection in the bridge. This design ...

Missing: visual UAV

Okada et al. [7] focus on the visual bridge inspection that requires seeing a target object close, and they develop a vehicle with a passive rotating spherical ...

The spherical shell has a size (D =0.95 m) and structure (fullerene) that is well-suited for bridge inspection applications. It can also handle an impact ...

In this study, a shelled UAV system that structural inspectors can use to perform a close visual inspection of the bridge was developed. The newly developed ...

Therefore, in the first step, visual inspection is done using inspection tools, and in the second step, assessment is performed using as-built drawing to ...

This article intends to conduct not only a review of the few UAV-based tunnel inspection researches available in the literature, but also an up-to-date review.

Sep 12, 2022 · Salaan et al. Close visual bridge inspection using a UAV with a passive rotating spherical shell. J. Field Rob. (2018). A.E. Jimenez-Cano et ...

This review describes the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for bridge inspection, with an emphasis on Multi-rotor UAS.