On the use of robots and vision technologies for the inspection of vessels: A survey on recent advances

F Bonnin-Pascual, A Ortiz - Ocean Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Vessels are widely used for transporting goods around the world. All cargo vessels are
affected by two main defective situations, namely cracks and corrosion. To prevent major …

[HTML][HTML] Autonomous GPU-based UAS for inspection of confined spaces: Application to marine vessel classification

RY Brogaard, E Boukas - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
Inspection of confined spaces poses a series of health risks to human surveyors, and
therefore a need for robotic solutions arises. In this paper, we design and demonstrate a real …

Investigating deep learning architectures towards autonomous inspection for marine classification

R Andersen, L Nalpantidis, O Ravn… - 2020 IEEE International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Marine vessels undergo periodic inspections under which the condition of the vessel is
documented. A part of these inspections is to detect defects such as corrosion that degrade …

Depth-based deep learning for manhole detection in uav navigation

RE Andersen, M Zajaczkowski… - … on Imaging Systems …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Drones navigating in dark, GPS-denied and confined spaces can pose a difficult challenge
due to, among other, the processing power required to maintain a high resolution map of the …

RustSEG--Automated segmentation of corrosion using deep learning

B Burton, WT Nash, N Birbilis - ar** AI & Machine Learning
M Majors, T Harrington, E Ferguson, T Dunne… - Abu Dhabi …, 2020 - onepetro.org
Objective Risk reduction and increased Fabric Maintenance efficiency using Artificial
Intelligence and Machine Learning algorithms to analyze full-facility imagery for atmospheric …

[PDF][PDF] Automatic Detection and Classification of Corrosion with Convolutional Neural Networks

EL Ferguson, T Dunne, S Potiris… - … Assoc. Corrosion & …, 2020 - researchgate.net
SUMMARY Continuous Fabric Maintenance (FM) is crucial for uninterrupted operations on
offshore oil and gas platforms. A primary FM goal is managing corrosion onset across the …

[HTML][HTML] Atmospheric Corrosion Detection & Management with Artificial Intelligence

E Ferguson - Energy, 2023 - abysssolutions.co
Atmospheric corrosion is the biggest asset integrity threat to offshore platforms. Manual
inspection of topside equipment is labor-intensive, subjective, and provides incomplete …