Abstract The combination of Augmented Reality (AR) and Digital Twin (DT) has begun to
show its potential nowadays, leading to a growing research interest in both academia and …

Condition assessment of civil engineering structures has been an active research area due
to growing concerns over the safety of aged as well as new civil structures. Utilization of …

The measurement of 3D spatial coordinates for model reconstruction through artificial
machine vision systems based on optical sensors and the corresponding signal processing …

Aluminum alloy is widely applied to the aerospace field. However, the inspection of thin
plates using Time-of-Flight Diffraction (TOFD) technique is restricted by the near-surface …

TOTTA outlines the spatial position and rotation guidance of a real/virtual tool (TO) towards a
real/virtual target (TA), which is a key task in Mixed reality applications. The task error can …

Abstract Knowledge about the location of a defect is essential for damage assessment. In
terms of a digitalised maintenance, inspection data is combined with position information …

Nowadays, in addition to quality aspects, social and environmental issues are also a source
of competitive advantage, as a result of changing socio-economic conditions and observed …

This study aims to provide an overview of Zero Defect, Zero Waste, and non-destructive
inspection technologies (NDITs), which play a crucial role in the early detection of defects …

Ultrasonic sensors are inexpensive and provide highly accurate measurements, even with
simple hardware configurations, facilitating their use in various fields. When multiple …

With the limited performance of traditional position encoders in terms of hardware cost and
confined space, the employment of visual surveillance to obtain position information can …