University of Ottawa

Purpose

The goal of this Project is to enable UAS platforms such as drones to perform inspection, monitoring and modeling of the state of critical infrastructure and superstructures in the BVLOS (beyond visual line of sight) mode, safely from a remote location. This will involve developing a threat detection and collision avoidance system that will provide the critical capability for BVLOS navigation of multiple drones to and around an infrastructure / superstructure target. In addition, the Project will develop an AI-enabled computer vision and photogrammetry system to enable the development of high-precision inspection, mapping and automatic condition assessments. The Project will also develop the software tools required for defect/anomaly detection as a result of conducting scans of infrastructure / superstructure targets.