Automated Inspection Robots for Surface, Aerial and Underwater Substructures

Project Information

AEROSUB

Grant agreement ID: 101189723

DOI

10.3030/101189723

EC signature date 15 November 2024

Start date 1 December 2024

End date 30 November 2028

Funded under

• Digital, Industry and Space

Total cost

€ 12 050 041,25

EU contribution

€ 9 998 955,13

Coordinated by

INESC TEC - INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIADE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES, TECNOLOGIA E CIENCIA
Portugal

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Publications

Thesis and dissertations (3)

Learning-based Adaptive Feature Fusion for Sacrificial Anode Detection in Harsh Subsea Conditions

Author(s): Alexandre Vilhena da Costa
Published in: MSC Thesis - Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
Publisher: Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto

Underwater Tri-dimensional Scene Understanding for an Eye-in-Hand Perception System

Author(s): Pedro Nuno Leite
Published in: PhD Thesis - Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
Publisher: Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
DOI: 10.34626/NSZ3-HD67

"""A Velocity Obstacle Avoidance Algorithm for Heterogeneous Robotic Vehicles"""

Author(s): Francisco Pires da Silva
Published in: MSC Thesis - Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
Publisher: Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto

Peer reviewed articles (4)

Raya: A Bio-Inspired AUV for Inspection and Intervention of Underwater Structures

Author(s): Pedro Pereira, Renato Silva, João V. Amorim Marques, Raul Campilho, Aníbal Matos, Andry Maykol Pinto
Published in: IEEE Access, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3560507

Multimodal information fusion using pyramidal attention-based convolutions for underwater tri-dimensional scene reconstruction

Author(s): Pedro Nuno Leite, Andry Maykol Pinto
Published in: Information Fusion, Issue 124, 2026, ISSN 1566-2535
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.INFFUS.2025.103339

A Multi-UAV Approach for Fast Inspection of Overhead Power Lines: From Route Planning to Field Operation

Author(s): Alvaro Caballero, Francisco Javier Roman-Escorza, Ivan Maza, Anibal Ollero
Published in: Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, Issue 111, 2025, ISSN 1573-0409
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S10846-025-02277-6

A Nonlinear MPC for Physical Human-Aerial Robot Interaction in Collaborative Transportation Tasks

Author(s): A. Gonzalez-Morgado, J. Soueidan, G. Heredia, A. Ollero, P. Fraisse, M. Tognon, M. Cognetti
Published in: IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Issue 10, 2025, ISSN 2377-3766
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2025.3597854

Conference proceedings (6)

Multi-UAV Planning in Search and Rescue Missions using Optimal Search Effort Allocation

Author(s): Antonio Sojo, Alejandro Perea, Marco Castell, Juan Perrela, Ivan Maza, Alvaro Caballero, Anibal Ollero
Published in: 2025 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICUAS65942.2025.11007932

Semi-Autonomous Interaction Framework for Contact-Based Operations with Commercial UAVs IN GNSS-Denied Environments

Author(s): A. González-Morgado, Q. Zhang, G. Damigos, E. Cuniato, T. Hui, E. Sahin, G. Nikolakopoulos, R. Siegwart, M. Fumagalli, A. Ollero, G. Heredia
Published in: 2025 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICUAS65942.2025.11007825

"""Robust Autonomous UAV Landing on Maritime Platforms via Multimodal Agentic AI and Active Wave Compensation"""

Author(s): Francisco S. Neves, Pedro N. Pereira, Raul D.S.G. Campilho, Andry M. Pinto
Published in: """ICRA 2026 Workshop on “Aerial inspection for marine infrastructures”"""
Publisher: IEEE

A Cooperative Multi-UAV Framework for Bridge Inspection

Author(s): Miguel Gil-Castilla, Alvaro Ramiro Poma, Alvaro Caballero, Anibal Ollero
Published in: 2025 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2025
Publisher: 2025 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2025
DOI: 10.1109/ICUAS65942.2025.11007792

Robust ViT-enhanced Detection of Sacrificial Anodes in Harsh Underwater Conditions

Author(s): Alexandre Vilhena Costa, Pedro Nuno Leite, Andry Maykol Pinto
Published in: 2025 IEEE 30th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ETFA65518.2025.11205766

Aerial Transportation, Deployment and Retrieval of Dexterous Dual Arm Rolling Robot for Power Line Maintenance: Field Validation

Author(s): Alejandro Suarez, Alvaro Caballero, Anibal Ollero
Published in: 2025 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), 2025
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICUAS65942.2025.11007930