Design and Development of an Integrated Inspection Framework Comprising of UGVs (Unmanned Ground Vehicle) with Deployable UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) for Critical Power Infrastructure Inspection

Design and Development of an Integrated Inspection Framework Comprising of UGVs (Unmanned Ground Vehicle) with Deployable UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) for Critical Power Infrastructure Inspection (Prof. Bishakh Bhattacharya, Mechanical Engineering)

The proposed system consists of two essential collaborative robots that form the backbone of the integrated framework of the Non-destructive inspection of critical infra-structure. An autonomously guided vehicle (AGV/UGV) acts as a base station from where an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) can be deployed as the task demands. Further, there will be two such sets of collaborative robots to create a swarm-like environment and distribute the inspection work in case of urgent failure.