This paper investigates and benchmarks quadrotor navigation and hold autopilots' global
control performance using heuristic optimization algorithms. The compared methods offer …

Electric power transmission lines are essential assets, and their maintenance is crucial to
ensure a reliable service to society. However, with thousands of kilometers along the …

Powerline inspection requires extracting accurate measurements of the distances between
powerlines and between vegetation and powerlines and electrical towers. Existing …

With the rapid development of urbanization, quadrotors are flying more and more frequently
between high-density buildings. In urban areas, there are many gust sources with obvious …

This chapter analyses the application of systems with multiple aerial robots to the inspection
of large infrastructures. These applications involve long‐range flights and also detailed …

This work presents a construction of a novel system for autonomous inspection of power
transmission lines using a quadrotor helicopter. The aircraft follows the power lines at a …

This Chapter deals with applying several technologies developed in the H2020 project
AERIAL-CORE (AERIAL COgnitive integrated multi-task Robotic system with Extended …

This paper describes a hardware/software system, dubbed NausicaaVR, for acquiring and
rendering 3D environments in the context of marine navigation. Like other similar work, it …

Mandatory power grid inspection includes the periodic measurement of the distances
between vegetation and electrical assets. This paper presents an efficient and accurate …

This paper introduces NausicaaVR, a novel hardware/software system designed to acquire
and render intricate 3D environments, with a particular emphasis on challenging and …