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Case File2019

Drone Inspection of Abu Dhabi International Airport

NYU Abu Dhabi · with Abu Dhabi Airports (ADAC)

Collaboration between NYU Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi Airports to protect infrastructure and keep workers safe at the city's new international airport — engineering a drone equipped with robotic arms to inspect the terminal's aerodynamic roof, which is not safe for humans to access.

System Record

Environment
Period
2019

My Contribution

Supported the aerial-manipulation inspection collaboration with Abu Dhabi Airports — drone-based contact inspection of the terminal roof where human access is hazardous.

Development & Validation

  • Aerial manipulation for infrastructure inspection: the drone's robotic arms take over contact inspection of the roof structure, "minimizing the risks and hazards of using humans in difficult tasks" (Prof. Anthony Tzes, NYUAD).
  • Targets the aerodynamic roof design of the airport terminal, whose geometry makes conventional human inspection hazardous.
  • Featured by NYU Abu Dhabi as part of its industry collaboration with Abu Dhabi Airports on maintaining safety standards at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Credits & Collaborators

  • Abu Dhabi Airports (ADAC)

    Industry partner

  • Anthony Tzes

    NYU Abu Dhabi · CAIR

    Principal Investigator

  • Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR)

    NYU Abu Dhabi

    Research partner

Evidence

Connected Work