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INFRASTRUCTURES * USA: Recent study evaluates drone use in bridge inspections
* Minnesota - MnDOT tests drones for bridge inspections
(Video from MnDOT Research - The Minnesota Department of Transportation recently completed a study to examine the effectiveness of drone technology as it applies to bridge safety inspections)
-- There are 20,291 bridges of 10 feet or more and 4,571 trunk highway bridges in Minnesota and they all require inspection. To that end, the Minnesota Department of Transportation is exploring ways to control cost and manage risk by using drones... A recent study by MnDOT looked at the effectiveness and possibility of employing unmanned aerial vehicles or drones to aid in bridge inspections by gathering images without the use of an under-bridge inspection vehicle... The research team used drones on four bridge inspections around the state. The team found that drones’ ability to gather high quality still images and video footage of bridges correlated with the findings in previous bridge inspections that did not use drones. The drones also captured data from infrared cameras and data needed to construct maps of bridge areas and 3D models of bridge elements... Goals in phase two of the study, which begins in early fall, include operating the drone without a GPS signal and gathering images from the underside of bridges... MnDOT staff will be required to obtain authorization from the Federal Aviation Authority, to operate a drone... In addition, all operators of drones that receive compensation are required to obtain a commercial operations license. The license is to demonstrate that the operation is approved by the Federal Aviation Authority. In addition, the operator must carry the appropriate insurance coverage...
St. Paul, MINN, USA - The Minnesota Department of Transportation (PR) - Sep 28, 2015
Labels: infrastructures
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