Devices and methods of autonomously inspecting elongated structures, such as blades of wind turbines, are disclosed. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is guided towards the elongated structure. The UAV automatically senses distance from the elongated structure. The UAV autonomously maintains a distance greater than a safety distance and identifies an optimum inspecting distance from the elongated structure. The UAV is then autonomously placed at the optimum inspecting distance to automatically record data pertinent to at least a region of the elongated structure when the UAV is at the optimum inspecting distance.


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    Titel :

    AUTONOMOUS INSPECTION OF ELONGATED STRUCTURES USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES


    Beteiligte:
    MOURA ANDRÉ (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2018-09-27


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Klassifikation :

    IPC:    B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / G01N Untersuchen oder Analysieren von Stoffen durch Bestimmen ihrer chemischen oder physikalischen Eigenschaften , INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen



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