Robots in inspection and monitoring of buildings and infrastructure: A systematic review

S Halder, K Afsari - Applied Sciences, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Regular inspection and monitoring of buildings and infrastructure, that is collectively called
the built environment in this paper, is critical. The built environment includes commercial and …

Ethics of artificial intelligence and robotics in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry

CJ Liang, TH Le, Y Ham, BRK Mantha… - Automation in …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics research and implementation emerged in the
architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry to positively impact project …

Structural health monitoring and inspection of dams based on UAV photogrammetry with image 3D reconstruction

S Zhao, F Kang, J Li, C Ma - Automation in Construction, 2021‏ - Elsevier
This study presents a three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction model based on unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV) images for dam emergency monitoring and inspection. The structure …

Map** and modelling defect data from UAV captured images to BIM for building external wall inspection

Y Tan, G Li, R Cai, J Ma, M Wang - Automation in Construction, 2022‏ - Elsevier
With the increase of service years, external walls of high-rise buildings tend to suffer from a
variety of defects which impose great safety risks. Traditional methods for inspecting high …

Datasets and processing methods for boosting visual inspection of civil infrastructure: A comprehensive review and algorithm comparison for crack classification …

G Yang, K Liu, J Zhang, B Zhao, Z Zhao, X Chen… - … and Building Materials, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Deep learning breakthrough stimulates new research trends in civil infrastructure inspection,
whereas the lack of quality-guaranteed, human-annotated, free-of-charge, and publicly …

[HTML][HTML] Automated UAV image-to-BIM registration for building façade inspection using improved generalised Hough transform

C Zhang, F Wang, Y Zou, J Dimyadi, BHW Guo… - Automation in …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract While Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly used for building façade
inspections, their advantages have not been fully leveraged due to the challenge in gaining …

[HTML][HTML] Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) integration with digital technologies toward construction 4.0: a systematic literature review

TSN Rachmawati, S Kim - Sustainability, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been employed in the construction industry in the
last decade for various purposes such as progress monitoring and building inspection …

Unmanned aerial vehicle-based as-built surveys of buildings

T He, K Chen, F Jazizadeh, G Reichard - Automation in Construction, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Camera-equipped Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are effective tools for as-built
building surveys. Through a systematic literature review, we synthesized and categorized …

[PDF][PDF] Trends, benefits, and barriers of unmanned aerial systems in the construction industry: a survey study in the United States.

G Albeaino, M Gheisari - Journal of Information Technology in …, 2021‏ - researchgate.net
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) have rapidly been integrated into the construction
industry over the past few years, and their application is continually growing in this domain …

A survey on UAV applications in smart city management: Challenges, advances, and opportunities

H Xu, L Wang, W Han, Y Yang, J Li… - IEEE Journal of …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Smart management of urban space is an important way to achieve the goal of sustainable
urban development. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been widely used in urban …