Aerial imaging and reconstruction of infrastructures by UAVsShow others and affiliations
2020 (English)In: Imaging and Sensing for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Volume 2: Deployment and Applications, Institution of Engineering and Technology , 2020, p. 157-176Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]
This chapter presents a compilation of experimental field trials aiming vision-based reconstruction of large-scale infrastructures using micro aerial vehicles (MAVs). The main focus of this study is on the sensor selection, the data-set generation and on the computer vision algorithms for generating three-dimensional (3D) models. In general, MAVs are distinguished for their ability to fly at various speeds, to stabilise their position and to perform manoeuvres close to large-scale infrastructures. The aforementioned merits constitute aerial robots a highly paced evolving robotic platform for infrastructure inspection and maintenance tasks. Different MAV solutions with task-oriented sensory modalities can be developed to address unique tasks, such as 3D modelling of infrastructures. In this chapter, aerial agents navigate around/along different environments, while collecting visual data for post-processing using structure from motion (SfM) and multi-view stereo (MVS) techniques to generate 3D models [1, 2]. The proposed framework has been successfully experimentally demonstrated in real indoor, outdoor and subterranean environments.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institution of Engineering and Technology , 2020. p. 157-176
Keywords [en]
Aerial agents, Aerial robots, Aerospace control, Autonomous aerial vehicles, Computer vision algorithms, Computer vision and image processing techniques, Data-set generation, Different MAV solutions, Experimental field trials, Image reconstruction, Image sensors, Infrastructure inspection, Inspection, Large-scale infrastructures, Maintenance tasks, Microaerial vehicles, Mobile robots, Optical, image and video signal processing, Robot vision, Robotic platform, Sensor selection, Stereo image processing, Task-oriented sensory modalities, Three-dimensional models, UAVs, Unique tasks, Vision-based reconstruction, Visual data
National Category
Robotics and automation Control Engineering Computer graphics and computer vision
Research subject
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence; Automatic Control
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-95075DOI: 10.1049/pbce120g_ch8Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85118068362ISBN: 9781785616440 (print)ISBN: 9781785616457 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-95075DiVA, id: diva2:1722588
2022-12-292022-12-292025-02-05Bibliographically approved