ICT in Asset Management
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Robots, Drones, UAVs and UGVs for Operation and Maintenance
by Diego Galar, Uday Kumar, and Dammika Seneviratne
Industrial assets (such as railway lines, roads, pipelines) are usually huge, span long distances, and can be divided into clusters or segments that provide different levels of functionality subject to different loads, degradations and environmental conditions, and their efficient management is necessary. The aim of the book is to give comprehensive understanding about the use of autonomous vehicles (context of robotics) for the utilization of inspection and maintenance activities in industrial asset management in different accessibility and hazard levels. The usability of deploying inspection vehicles in an autonomous manner is explained with the emphasis on integrating the total process.
Key Features
- Aims for solutions for maintenance and inspection problems provided by robotics, drones, unmanned air vehicles and unmanned ground vehicles
- Discusses integration of autonomous vehicles for inspection and maintenance of industrial assets
- Covers the industrial approach to inspection needs and presents what is needed from the infrastructure end
- Presents the requirements for robot designers to design an autonomous inspection and maintenance system
- Includes practical case studies from industries
This book provides insights into how to approach and utilise data science tools, technologies, and methodologies related to artificial intelligence (AI) in industrial contexts. It explains the essence of distributed computing and AI technologies and their interconnections. It includes descriptions of various technology and methodology approaches and their purpose and benefits when developing AI solutions in industrial contexts. In addition, this book summarises experiences from AI technology deployment projects from several industrial sectors.
Features:
- Presents a compendium of methodologies and technologies in industrial AI and digitalisation.
- Illustrates the sensor-to-actuation approach showing the complete cycle, which defines and differentiates AI and digitalisation.
- Covers a broad range of academic and industrial issues within the field of asset management.
- Discusses the impact of Industry 4.0 in other sectors.
- Includes a dedicated chapter on real-time case studies.
This book is aimed at researchers and professionals in industrial and software engineering, network security, AI and machine learning (ML), engineering managers, operational and maintenance specialists, asset managers, and digital and AI manufacturing specialists.