Advancing civil infrastructure assessment through robotic fleets

Enthalten in
Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems 
Volume
4
Start Page
138
End Page
140
Citation
Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems 4: 138-140 (2024-01)
Publisher DOI
10.1016/j.iotcps.2023.10.003
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85174889529
Publisher
KeAi Communications Co. Ltd.
Modern civil engineering structures, instrumented with Internet-of-Things-enabled smart sensors and actuators, are considered cyber-physical systems that integrate physical processes with computational and communication elements. This short communication aims to portray a milestone in the field of monitoring and inspection of civil infrastructure, collaboratively conducted by autonomous, robotic devices orchestrated in robotic fleets. It is expected that robot-based civil infrastructure assessment will revolutionize structural maintenance of the deteriorating building stock, which is increasingly exacerbated by the effects of climate change and develops into a major societal challenge.
DDC Class
624: Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering