Recent advances in unmanned aerial vehicles: a review

F Ahmed, JC Mohanta, A Keshari, PS Yadav - Arabian Journal for Science …, 2022 - Springer
In recent decades, aerial robots especially small UAVs and drones have witnessed
tremendous improvements in terms of their structure, working methodology, flying features …

[PDF][PDF] A systematic review of unmanned aerial vehicle application areas and technologies in the AEC domain.

G Albeaino, M Gheisari, BW Franz - Journal of information technology in …, 2019 - itcon.org
The recent increase in the integration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in civilian usage
stems mainly from modern technological advancements and the devices' abilities to …

A survey of unmanned aerial sensing solutions in precision agriculture

A Mukherjee, S Misra, NS Raghuwanshi - Journal of Network and …, 2019 - Elsevier
We attribute the gain in popularity of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Platforms and
Systems (UAS) to its ease of operation, versatility, and risk-free piloting. The primary UAV …

Heat mapping drones: an autonomous computer-vision-based procedure for building envelope inspection using unmanned aerial systems (UAS)

T Rakha, A Liberty, A Gorodetsky… - Technology …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Comprehensive and accurate energy audits are essential to maximize energy savings and
improvements in buildings realized from the design and implementation of deep retrofits for …

Collecting built environment information using UAVs: Time and applicability in building inspection activities

R Grosso, U Mecca, G Moglia, F Prizzon… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Italian way of thinking about maintenance is too often one-sided. Indeed, it is
considered not so much as a useful practice to prevent the occurrence of a fault (ex ante) …

Drone-based AI and 3D reconstruction for digital twin augmentation

A To, M Liu, M Hazeeq Bin Muhammad Hairul… - … conference on human …, 2021 - Springer
Digital Twin is an emerging technology at the forefront of Industry 4.0, with the ultimate goal
of combining the physical space and the virtual space. To date, the Digital Twin concept has …

Investigation on bridge assessment using unmanned aerial systems

F Khan, A Ellenberg, M Mazzotti, A Kontsos… - Structures Congress …, 2015 - ascelibrary.org
The US currently spends tens of billions of dollars annually to inspect infrastructures and
collect subjective, qualitative data that can often be unreliable or largely irrelevant …

Understanding the role of thermography in energy auditing: current practices and the potential for automated solutions

ML Mauriello, L Norooz, JE Froehlich - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
The building sector accounts for 41% of primary energy consumption in the US, contributing
an increasing portion of the country's carbon dioxide emissions. With recent sensor …

Digital twinning during load tests of railway bridges-case study: the high-speed railway network, Extremadura, Spain

R Chacón, C Ramonell, H Posada… - Structure and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents a case study with various developments of digital twinning of a sample
of load tests performed on several railways bridges. The case study is located in …

Optimization and trajectory analysis of drone's flying and environmental variables for 3D modelling the construction progress monitoring

A Keyvanfar, A Shafaghat, MA Awanghamat - International Journal of Civil …, 2021 - Springer
The construction professionals attempt to enhance construction site visualization and
modeling using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology. However, there is no research …