RAPID

The EU-funded RAPID project will combine and extend drone technology to deliver a fully automated and safety-assured maintenance inspection service for bridges, ship hull surveys, and more. Specifically, the service will combine self-sailing unmanned surface vehicles with autonomous unmanned aerial systems. The aim is to reduce the time and cost of structural condition monitoring of maritime transport infrastructures such as material-handling equipment, cargo and passenger ships, and bridges. RAPID's new system will also facilitate the prioritisation of safer transport infrastructure... To achieve ground-breaking impact on UAS adoption for ensuring safety in transport, RAPID brings together critical attributes of MI workflow automation, safe UAS delivery, and service innovation. The maintenance inspection (MI) service is realised as a digitally transformed survey, with a typical use-case mission profile executing as shown below.

Primary location: Belgium United States