Autonomous Inspection

Find suppliers and manufacturers of Autonomous Inspection vehicles and robotics for industrial inspection and monitoring applications on land, sea and air, including autonomous drones, ASV and AUV
Overview Autonomous Inspection
By Staff Writer Last updated: October 26th, 2023

Autonomous Inspection & Monitoring

Autonomous inspection can be carried out by robotic vehicles in all domains, including: UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), UGVs (unmanned ground vehicles), ASVs (autonomous surface vessels) and AUVs (autonomous underwater vehicles). The technology is used to inspect and monitor a wide range of assets and industrial sites to check for damage or to measure performance.

Advantages

Black Swift E2 Autonomous Quadcopter for Aerial Inspection

Black Swift E2 Autonomous Quadcopter for Aerial Inspection by Black Swift Technologies

Autonomous inspection provides a number of advantages over traditional methods. The use of inspection robots and robotic vehicles can be far less costly than using manned aircraft, helicopters, and onsite personnel, meaning that inspections can be conducted more frequently. These inspections can typically be completed quicker than manual processes, meaning that downtime of the asset will be minimized.

The use of autonomous inspection for assets such as wind farms, power lines and chemical plants can also enhance safety, as it removes the need for putting personnel at risk. Jobs may be able to be carried out under conditions that would prevent manual inspection, such as heavy wind, rain and other environmental factors. Automation also removes operator fatigue and human error from the equation, and can deliver more consistent results.

Software

Bayonet 250 Amphibious Crawler with Fully Autonomous Operation

Bayonet 250 Amphibious Crawler with Fully Autonomous Operation

Autonomous inspection and monitoring vehicles may use artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision to aid in the identification of defects and issues such as cracks, overgrown vegetation, or excess heat. This visual analysis may be performed onboard, or data may be streamed to the cloud or retrieved post-mission to be run through post-processing software. Autonomous inspection software may provide a range of convenient features such as automatic report generation and predictive maintenance suggestions.

Autonomous inspection solutions may be packaged as drone-in-a-box (DiaB) systems, which can be installed on site and allow the drone to repeatedly fly inspection missions, return to base, recharge and offload data all without the need for human intervention.

Applications

Applications for drone- and robot-based inspection and monitoring include wind farms, solar power plants, pipelines, roads and railways, aircraft structures and vessel hulls, precision agriculture, and much more.

Products (8)

Hydrus Micro Hovering AUV

Micro-AUV for benthic survey and point inspection

Micro-AUV for benthic survey and point inspection
...ty of mapping, inspection and monitoring applications. Incorporating a 4K 60 FPS camera with... ...et Hydrus, the autonomous underwater drone revolutionising underwater data collection by eliminating...
Bayonet 150 Amphibious Crawler

One-person portable amphibious robot for lighter weather conditions and smaller payloads

One-person portable amphibious robot for lighter weather conditions and smaller payloads
...mmed for fully autonomous operation or controlled via tether or RF link buoy....
Bayonet 250 Amphibious Crawler

Mid-range underwater crawler for nearshore, estuarine and inland environments

Mid-range underwater crawler for nearshore, estuarine and inland environments
...mmed for fully autonomous operation or controlled via tether or RF link buoy....
Bayonet 350 Amphibious Crawler

Largest subsea crawler for harshest conditions with maximum payload capacity

Largest subsea crawler for harshest conditions with maximum payload capacity
...mmed for fully autonomous operation or controlled via tether or RF link buoy....
Gavia AUV

Modular AUV for research, commercial and defense applications

Modular AUV for research, commercial and defense applications
The Gavia is a modular, low-logistics AUV with field-swappable plug-and-play modules rated to 500 ...
Pro2

Advanced autonomous drone for wind inspection

Advanced autonomous drone for wind inspection
...is an advanced autonomous drone inspection platform designed specifically for the wind energy...
Black Swift E2â„¢ Inspection Quadcopter UAS

Autonomous quadcopter aerial inspection drone

Autonomous quadcopter aerial inspection drone
...pable of fully autonomous operation, the E2 is able to leverage powerful computer vision and machine...
Acecore Zoe Quadcopter

Portable quadcopter for high wind inspection, security and mapping.

Portable quadcopter for high wind inspection, security and mapping.
...eliability for autonomous missions, and an auto-deploy parachute system facilitates safe operation...

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