Document detail
ID
oai:arXiv.org:2401.02343
Topic
Computer Science - RoboticsAuthor
Ollero, Anibal Suarez, Alejandro Papaioannidis, Christos Pitas, Ioannis Marredo, Juan M. Duong, Viet Ebeid, Emad Kratky, Vit Saska, Martin Hanoune, Chloe Afifi, Amr Franchi, Antonio Vourtsis, Charalampos Floreano, Dario Vasiljevic, Goran Bogdan, Stjepan Caballero, Alvaro Ruggiero, Fabio Lippiello, Vincenzo Matilla, Carlos Cioffi, Giovanni Scaramuzza, Davide Martinez-de-Dios, Jose R. Arrue, Begona C. Martin, Carlos Zurad, Krzysztof Gaitan, Carlos Rodriguez, Jacob Munoz, Antonio Viguria, AntidioCategory
Computer Science
Year
2024
listing date
1/10/2024
Keywords
electrical inspection system power operators robots human maintenance aerialAbstract
Large-scale infrastructures are prone to deterioration due to age, environmental influences, and heavy usage.
Ensuring their safety through regular inspections and maintenance is crucial to prevent incidents that can significantly affect public safety and the environment.
This is especially pertinent in the context of electrical power networks, which, while essential for energy provision, can also be sources of forest fires.
Intelligent drones have the potential to revolutionize inspection and maintenance, eliminating the risks for human operators, increasing productivity, reducing inspection time, and improving data collection quality.
However, most of the current methods and technologies in aerial robotics have been trialed primarily in indoor testbeds or outdoor settings under strictly controlled conditions, always within the line of sight of human operators.
Additionally, these methods and technologies have typically been evaluated in isolation, lacking comprehensive integration.
This paper introduces the first autonomous system that combines various innovative aerial robots.
This system is designed for extended-range inspections beyond the visual line of sight, features aerial manipulators for maintenance tasks, and includes support mechanisms for human operators working at elevated heights.
The paper further discusses the successful validation of this system on numerous electrical power lines, with aerial robots executing flights over 10 kilometers away from their ground control stations.
Ollero, Anibal,Suarez, Alejandro,Papaioannidis, Christos,Pitas, Ioannis,Marredo, Juan M.,Duong, Viet,Ebeid, Emad,Kratky, Vit,Saska, Martin,Hanoune, Chloe,Afifi, Amr,Franchi, Antonio,Vourtsis, Charalampos,Floreano, Dario,Vasiljevic, Goran,Bogdan, Stjepan,Caballero, Alvaro,Ruggiero, Fabio,Lippiello, Vincenzo,Matilla, Carlos,Cioffi, Giovanni,Scaramuzza, Davide,Martinez-de-Dios, Jose R.,Arrue, Begona C.,Martin, Carlos,Zurad, Krzysztof,Gaitan, Carlos,Rodriguez, Jacob,Munoz, Antonio,Viguria, Antidio, 2024, AERIAL-CORE: AI-Powered Aerial Robots for Inspection and Maintenance of Electrical Power Infrastructures
