arXiv:2503.22921cs.RO2025-03被引 3

基于激光雷达的无人机巡检系统,实现复杂环境下的自主高效作业。

LiDAR-based Quadrotor Autonomous Inspection System in Cluttered Environments

  • 分人机协同与自主执行两阶段,结合3D建图与路径优化
  • 自主飞行比人工操作缩短40%轨迹、减少57%飞行时间
  • 适合安全风险高、人力不足的工业巡检场景

近年来,无人机技术快速发展,在工业巡检、农业监测和搜救任务中显著提升了效率并降低了人工风险。然而现有系统在复杂非结构化、无卫星导航信号环境中可靠性不足,且高度依赖熟练操作员。为此,本文提出一种基于激光雷达的无人机巡检系统,采用双阶段工作流程:人机协同巡检与自主巡检。在人机协同阶段,未受训操作员借助自主避障功能生成3D地图、设定检查点并规划任务;检查点通过旅行商问题(TSP)优化,形成高效任务序列。在自主阶段,四旋翼无人机按计划执行任务,确保安全高效的数据采集。在斜坡、滑坡、农田、工厂和森林等多种环境下开展的实地测试验证了系统的可靠性与灵活性。结果表明,自主运行相比人机协同,轨迹长度减少40%,飞行时间降低57%。该成果展示了系统在高风险、资源受限场景下提升无人机巡检能力的巨大潜力。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

In recent years, autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology has seen rapid advancements, significantly improving operational efficiency and mitigating risks associated with manual tasks in domains such as industrial inspection, agricultural monitoring, and search-and-rescue missions. Despite these developments, existing UAV inspection systems encounter two critical challenges: limited reliability in complex, unstructured, and GNSS-denied environments, and a pronounced dependency on skilled operators. To overcome these limitations, this study presents a LiDAR-based UAV inspection system employing a dual-phase workflow: human-in-the-loop inspection and autonomous inspection. During the human-in-the-loop phase, untrained pilots are supported by autonomous obstacle avoidance, enabling them to generate 3D maps, specify inspection points, and schedule tasks. Inspection points are then optimized using the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) to create efficient task sequences. In the autonomous phase, the quadrotor autonomously executes the planned tasks, ensuring safe and efficient data acquisition. Comprehensive field experiments conducted in various environments, including slopes, landslides, agricultural fields, factories, and forests, confirm the system's reliability and flexibility. Results reveal significant enhancements in inspection efficiency, with autonomous operations reducing trajectory length by up to 40\% and flight time by 57\% compared to human-in-the-loop operations. These findings underscore the potential of the proposed system to enhance UAV-based inspections in safety-critical and resource-constrained scenarios.

无人机巡检激光雷达自主飞行路径优化

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