2021 — 2026 · PhD researcher
Autonomous UAV Tower Audit
PhD thesis — autonomous transmission-tower inspection with UAVs
−32%
Inspection time
+42%
Defects detected
4
Publications
PythonAirSimUnreal EngineDeep RLPhotogrammetry
Thesis: 'On the use of autonomous UAV for Transmission Tower audit.' Combines deep-learning-based visual control with photogrammetric reconstruction and defect detection. Published at CIGRE 2025 (32% inspection-time reduction, 42% more defects detected vs manual), Frontiers in Robotics and AI (2024) and WIVACE (2021).
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