UAS and AI Technologies for Autonomous Built Asset Inspection and Management

Researchers

Prof. Ben M. Chen
Prof. Ben M. Chen
Prof. Patrick X. Chen
Prof. Patrick X. Chen

Introduction

We developed a fully autonomous built asset inspection and information management system with advanced drone and AI technologies. Our system is composed of i) an unmanned aerial system; ii) an AI-based 3D reconstruction system; iii) an AI-based data processing system; and iv) a defects registration and information management system.

The Main Impact

The system achieved fast and safe built asset inspection and management, which is much cheaper than the traditional method.

GIS Model with Defect Registrations

Building Information Model

Multi-UAV Data Collection