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  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Robotics
  • Materials Science

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  • Non-destructive inspection of aircraft wing panels is a critical but time-consuming post-production step in large civil aircraft manufacturing.
  • Current inspection methods can be inefficient, necessitating advancements in speed and accuracy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an automated aerial inspection system for enhanced defect detection in aircraft wing panels.
  • To improve the efficiency and accuracy of non-destructive testing in aerospace manufacturing.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a small, off-the-shelf multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) equipped with a wide field-of-view camera and an ultraviolet torch.
  • Programmed the UAV for autonomous mission execution, real-time video streaming, and implemented defect detection algorithms on a ground control station.
  • Developed a mathematical model of the UAV platform in MATLAB/SIMULINK to simulate path-following behavior during inspection.

Main Results:

  • The proposed UAV system successfully performed automated aerial inspection of aircraft wing panels.
  • Two defect detection algorithms were implemented and validated on a dataset from Airbus facilities.
  • The developed methods demonstrated the capability to identify all images containing defects within the tested dataset.

Conclusions:

  • Automated aerial inspection using UAVs offers a promising solution to expedite and enhance non-destructive testing in aircraft manufacturing.
  • The integrated system of UAV-based imaging and real-time defect detection algorithms significantly improves the inspection process.