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Navigation for Inspection

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Complete coverage of an AOI; Localization and mapping (for inspection); Motion and path planning (for inspection); Survey of an Area of Interest (AOI)

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Navigation for inspection refers to both the hardware and software required to make a robotic platform undertake the different tasks involved in an inspection mission. This typically requires from the robot a number of capabilities at the locomotion, sensory, and “intelligence” levels which make it possible to collect inspection data of relevance, in accordance to the inspection procedures of application, while adequately covering the area of interest (AOI).

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Installations and facilities such as industrial plants (e.g., from the power or petrochemical sectors), large-tonnage vessels, storage tanks, buildings, roads, bridges, tunnels, etc., to name but a few, deteriorate due to environmental factors or simply wear and tear. Therefore, the periodic maintenance of these facilities, including visual inspection of...

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Acknowledgements

This work was partially supported by projects BUGWRIGHT2 (EU-H2020, GA 871260), ROBINS (EU-H2020, GA 779776), PGC2018-095709-B-C21 (MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE), and PROCOE/4/2017 (Govern Balear, 50% P.O. FEDER 2014–2020 Illes Balears). This publication reflects only the authors’ views, and the European Union is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

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    Alberto Ortiz, Javier Antich & Francisco Bonnin-Pascual

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Ortiz, A., Antich, J., Bonnin-Pascual, F. (2020). Navigation for Inspection. In: Ang, M., Khatib, O., Siciliano, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Robotics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41610-1_87-1

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