Submitted by Angela Walters on Wed, 10/07/2019 - 10:28
Project background
Bridge collapses are expensive and often tragic events that need to be avoided by detecting faults early. This project aims to create a coordinated aerial swarm system to inspect the cracks in bridge structures, improving the monitoring coverage and efficiency.
Outomes
The developed bridge inspection system, using drones that fly in a swarm formation, will monitor the bridge structures without interfering with traffic or endangering human inspectors. More importantly, the project targets to monitor the structural integrity of bridges and flag any potential issues using machine learning and computer vision, helping to avoid the tragedies like the Morandi bridge collapse.
Method
Experimental
People
Project
Aerial Swarm Robotics for Active Inspection of Bridges