Leveraging sUAS for Infrastructure Network Exploration and Failure Isolation

• Published in: Journal of intelligent & robotic systems Vol. 93; no. 1-2; pp. 385 - 413
• Main Authors: Lee, Andrew C., Dahan, Mathieu, Weinert, Andrew J., Amin, Saurabh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2019; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Airspace; Artificial Intelligence; Control; Electrical Engineering; Engineering; Exploration; Failure; Infrastructure (Economics); Inspection; Localization; Mechanical Engineering; Mechatronics; Monitoring; Network topologies; Position (location); Repair; Robotics; Route planning; Sensors; Solvers; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Utilities; Vehicle routing; Network inspection and repair operations; Failure identification; Localization; Vehicle routing problems; Unmanned aerial systems

Large-scale infrastructures are prone to simultaneous faults when struck by a natural or man-made event. The current operating procedure followed by many utilities needs improvement, both in terms of monitoring performance and time to repair. Motivated by the recent technological progress on small U...