Inspection Planning

Inspection planning focuses on efficiently generating optimal paths for robots, particularly UAVs, to inspect points of interest, addressing challenges like coverage, path length, and collision avoidance. Current research emphasizes robust algorithms, including those based on dynamic programming, integer linear programming, ant colony optimization, and receding horizon control, often incorporating 3D environmental models and handling uncertainties like localization errors and battery limitations. These advancements are crucial for automating inspection tasks across diverse fields, such as infrastructure monitoring, surgery, and industrial automation, improving safety, efficiency, and data quality.