Systematic Bridge Inspection with DronesProject: EuRoC (Challenge 3)

23rd and 24th of June – Amsterdam

INDEX

1. PROBLEM AND SOLUTION

2. HOW I4MS HELPED

3. IMPACT

PROBLEM AND SOLUTIONSystematic Bridge Inspection with Drones, EuRoC Challenge 3

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Main Partners: Computer Vision Group, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Vision-Based Localization and Mapping Vision-Based Drone Position Control

Schällibaum AG, Switzerland Family business since 1964 Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geomatics 80 employees

PROBLEM AND SOLUTIONSystematic Bridge Inspection with Drones

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Current Status Visual Inspection Climbing Teams / Access

Vehicles Dangerous Work Lack of Accessibility Time and Cost Intensive Referencing of a damage is not

given

PROBLEM AND SOLUTIONSystematic Bridge Inspection with Drones

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Current Drone Technology No secure positioning without GPS No collision avoidance Difficulties for the pilots to estimate the

position of the UAV External conditions can be harsh

(wind, temperature, dark areas, narrow spaces, vegetation as obstruction)

Referencing of a damage is not given Data Analysis is not state of the art

PROBLEM AND SOLUTIONSystematic Bridge Inspection with Drones

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Goals of the project: To plan the inspection flight To fly systematically around the entire

structure To support the ground staff with real-

time data 3D acquisition of the structure or the

structure damage To store the collected data in an

information system To evaluate systematically the

collected data To increase the repeatability of the

inspection

EuRoC Challenge 3 Simulation Stage (Completed): Publically available datasets to evaluate

and develop core components of the system (Vision based position tracking, 3D reconstruction)

Drone simulator for faster development EuRoC Challenge 3 Lab Experiment Stage

(Ongoing): Hardware Platform Tools for Performance evaluation

HOW I4MS HELPEDSystematic Bridge Inspection with Drones

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Schällibaum AG: Expected Reduction of Costs and Time:

From 4-5 days now to 2 days From €14k to €7-9k

Improvements to safety of bridge inspection

Overall: Hundreds of medium to large bridges in

each country must be inspected Considerable market potential (15000

bridges only in Germany and Switzerland require inspection)

This technology can also be applied to inspecting other types of objects

IMPACTImpact

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