Inspection of Pole-Like Structures Using a Visual-Inertial Aided VTOL Platform with Shared Autonomy

This paper presents an algorithm and a system for vertical infrastructure inspection using a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle and shared autonomy. Inspecting vertical structures such as light and power distribution poles is a difficult task that is time-consuming, dangero...

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Main Authors: Inkyu Sa, Stefan Hrabar, Peter Corke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-09-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/15/9/22003