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，通过进入那些在没有大量人力和支持的情况下难以进入的区域来支持他们的运营。虽然在这一技术领域已经取得了快速的进展，但仍然需要进行先进的接触式无损检测（NDT），以使UAS系统真正成为大型民用基础设施的设施检查和监测的主要方法。目前，为UAS生产的传感器设备仅限于一系列成像设备，如摄像机到热成像摄像机，测绘技术因此，与UAS系统并行的人工检查加上先进的传感系统仍然是必需的，特别是对于关键基础设施的检查。因此，无人机检测系统无法实现其性能潜力，因此无法提高生产率并节省成本。为了解决这一问题，该项目联盟将开发一种用于高级接触检测的无人机系统（阿赛）。阿赛系统最初将针对土木结构，特别是桥梁，但可以被视为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力提高，并为项目中的工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.