System Architecture for Real-Time Surface Inspection Using Multiple UAVs

This paper presents a real-time control system for surface inspection using multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The UAVs are coordinated in a specific formation to collect data of the inspecting objects. The communication platform for data transmission is based on the Internet of things (IoT)....

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Published in:IEEE systems journal 2020-06, Vol.14 (2), p.2925-2936
Main Authors: Hoang, Van Truong, Phung, Manh Duong, Dinh, Tran Hiep, Ha, Quang P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cameras
Computer architecture
Computer simulation
Damage detection
Data collection
Data processing
Data transmission
Histograms
Image detection
Inspection
Internet of Things
Internet of things (IoT)
Particle swarm optimization
Real time
Real-time systems
surface inspection
Systems architecture
Task analysis
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) formation
Unmanned aerial vehicles
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Summary:This paper presents a real-time control system for surface inspection using multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The UAVs are coordinated in a specific formation to collect data of the inspecting objects. The communication platform for data transmission is based on the Internet of things (IoT). In the proposed architecture, the UAV formation is established via angle-encoded particle swarm optimization to generate an inspecting path and redistribute it to each UAV where communication links are embedded with an IoT board for network and data processing capabilities. The data collected are transmitted in real time through the network to remote computational units. To detect potential damage or defects, an online image-processing technique is proposed and implemented based on histograms. Extensive simulation, experiments, and comparisons have been conducted to verify the validity and performance of the proposed system.
ISSN:1932-8184
1937-9234
DOI:10.1109/JSYST.2019.2922290