ASSAI - Development of an unmanned Aerial SyStem for Advanced contact Inspection of civil structures

无人机系统(UAS)为公司提供了一个潜在的可靠和安全的解决方案，通过访问原本过于困难的区域来支持他们的运营，而不需要大量的人力和支持。尽管在这一技术领域取得了快速进展，但为了使UAS系统真正成为大型民用基础设施设施检查和监控的主要方法，仍然需要进行先进的接触式无损检测(NDT)。目前，用于UAS的传感器设备仅限于摄像机、热像仪、测绘技术等一系列成像设备。因此，在无人机系统的同时，仍然需要人工检查和先进的传感系统，特别是关键的基础设施检查。因此，UAS检测系统没有实现其性能潜力，因此无法提高生产率和节省成本。为了解决这个问题，该项目联合体将开发一种用于高级接触检测的无人驾驶航空系统(ASSAI)。Assai系统最初将由土木结构特别是桥梁定制，但可以被认为是一种具有广泛潜在未来应用的平台技术。该项目将为我们的客户带来显著的生产率提高，并为项目中的行业合作伙伴提供令人兴奋的增长。

Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) offer companies a potential reliable and safe solution to support their operations by accessing areas that are otherwise too difficult, without extensive manpower and support. Although rapid gains have been made in this field of technology, there remains the need to carry out advanced contact non-destructive testing (NDT) in order for UAS systems to truly become the primary method of facility inspection and monitoring of large civil infrastructure.Currently, the sensor equipment being produced for use with UAS are limited to a range of imaging equipment such as video cameras through to thermal imaging cameras, surveying and mapping technology. As a result, human inspections coupled with advanced sensing systems are still required in parallel with the UAS system, especially for critical infrastructure inspections. As a result, UAS inspection systems are not realising their performance potential, and therefore unable to deliver productivity increases and cost savings.The address this problem, the project consortium will develop an unmanned Aerial SyStem for Advanced contact Inspection (ASSAI). The ASSAI system will be initially tailored of civil structures, in particular bridges, but can be considered a platform technology with a wide range of potential future applications. The project will deliver significant productivity increases for our customers, and provide exciting growth to the industrial partners in the project.