This paper discusses enabling autonomous mobile robots to operate in unstructured terrain
and environments and gather data in a time-efficient manner. In rugged environments such …

Scan positioning for documenting the geometry of an existing building still relies on the
experience of an expert surveyor. Therefore, it is important to utilize optimal scan positioning …

Upon the completion of construction projects, quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) must
be conducted to guarantee the project quality complies with certain standards. The …

Scan planning of buildings under construction is a key issue for an efficient assessment of
work progress. This work presents an automatic method aimed to determinate the optimal …

This paper presents a monocular vision sensor-based obstacle detection algorithm for
autonomous robots. Each individual image pixel at the bottom region of interest is labeled as …

The fast and stable reconstruction of building interiors from scanned point clouds has
recently attracted considerable research interest. However, reconstructing long corridors …

In the context of increased maintenance operations and generational renewal work, a
nuclear owner and operator, like Electricité de France (EDF), is invested in the scaling-up of …

The energy monitoring of heritage buildings has, to date, been governed by methodologies
and standards that have been defined in terms of sensors that record scalar magnitudes and …

With the growth of cities and increased urban population there is a growing demand for
spatial information of large indoor environments. This includes location information of …

Accurate mapping is crucial for the successful deployment of unmanned ground vehicles
(UGVs) in navigation tasks. However, maps derived from as-designed models often lack …