Towards fully automated unmanned aerial vehicle-enabled bridge inspection: Where are we at?

C Zhang, Y Zou, F Wang, E del Rey Castillo… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract In recent years, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been increasingly used for
bridge inspection. Although UAVs are expected to automate the whole bridge inspection …

A deep learning‐based image captioning method to automatically generate comprehensive explanations of bridge damage

PJ Chun, T Yamane, Y Maemura - Computer‐Aided Civil and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Photographs of bridges can reveal considerable technical information such as the part of the
structure that is damaged and the type of damage. Maintenance and inspection engineers …

Iterative application of generative adversarial networks for improved buried pipe detection from images obtained by ground‐penetrating radar

PJ Chun, M Suzuki, Y Kato - Computer‐Aided Civil and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) is widely used to determine the location of buried pipes
without excavation, and machine learning has been researched to automatically identify the …

Crack detection from a concrete surface image based on semantic segmentation using deep learning

T Yamane, P Chun - Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, 2020 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Due to their wide applicability in inspection of concrete structures, there is considerable
interest in the development of automated crack detection method by image processing …

Design of an autonomous cooperative drone swarm for inspections of safety critical infrastructure

RH Jacobsen, L Matlekovic, L Shi, N Malle, N Ayoub… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Inspection of critical infrastructure with drones is experiencing an increasing uptake in the
industry driven by a demand for reduced cost, time, and risk for inspectors. Early …

[HTML][HTML] UAV navigation in large-scale GPS-denied bridge environments using fiducial marker-corrected stereo visual-inertial localisation

F Wang, Y Zou, C Zhang, J Buzzatto… - Automation in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for bridge inspection has gained
popularity recently; however, accurately localising the UAV in GPS-denied areas is still …

UAV-based inspection of bridge and tunnel structures: an application review

FY Toriumi, TN Bittencourt, MM Futai - Revista IBRACON de …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Bridges and tunnels are large and complex structures that demand periodic inspections to
assess their physical conditions. Although both have different designs and constructions …

Development of a concrete floating and delamination detection system using infrared thermography

P Chun, S Hayashi - IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spalling of concrete fragments due to the deterioration of concrete structures can cause
property damage or serious and even fatal accidents; thus, there is a need to detect such …

[HTML][HTML] A novel remote visual inspection system for bridge predictive maintenance

A Galdelli, M D'Imperio, G Marchello, A Mancini… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Predictive maintenance on infrastructures is currently a hot topic. Its importance is
proportional to the damages resulting from the collapse of the infrastructure. Bridges, dams …

Development of a machine learning-based damage identification method using multi-point simultaneous acceleration measurement results

P Chun, T Yamane, S Izumi, N Kuramoto - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
It is necessary to assess damage properly for the safe use of a structure and for the
development of an appropriate maintenance strategy. Although many efforts have been …