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Remote Inspection

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Human Systems Engineering and Design III (IHSED 2020)

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Inspection of complex mechanical systems can be costly and require expert inspectors to perform the work. These systems include bridges, power plants, aircraft, and even factories. In many cases, these systems are in remote places globally and are difficult for qualified inspectors to visit. Inspections can be done remotely using sophisticated cameras, set up to take three-dimensional images. We showed that LIDAR and a three-dimensional, immersive environment could be used successfully for these types of inspections. However, there are human factors issues and risks associated with remote inspections. This brief paper discusses aircraft damage, inspection techniques, and the benefits, human factors issues, and risks of remote inspection.

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  1. Idaho Falls Center Campus, University of Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID, USA

    Lee T. Ostrom & Cheryl A. Wilhelmsen

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  1. University of Central Florida, Winter Park, FL, USA

    Waldemar Karwowski

  2. Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Tareq Ahram

  3. Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Pula, Croatia

    Darko Etinger

  4. Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Pula, Croatia

    Nikola Tanković

  5. Campus du Moulin de la Housse, Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, GRESPI, Reims Cedex 2, France

    Redha Taiar

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Ostrom, L.T., Wilhelmsen, C.A. (2021). Remote Inspection. In: Karwowski, W., Ahram, T., Etinger, D., Tanković, N., Taiar, R. (eds) Human Systems Engineering and Design III. IHSED 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1269. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58282-1_43

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