arXiv:2605.21914cs.RO2026-05

用低成本无人机非接触检测建筑振动频移,识别损伤。

Non-Contact Vibration-Based Damage Detection of Civil Structures Using a Cost-Effective Autonomous UAV

论文配图:Non-Contact Vibration-Based Damage Detection of Civil Structures Using a Cost-Effective Autonomous UAV
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  • 通过视频运动追踪提取振动信号,分析频率变化
  • 所有平台均成功捕捉到损伤引起的基频偏移
  • 成本远低于商用系统,适合大规模巡检

本文提出一种基于无人机的非接触式振动损伤检测方法。利用自主定制的低成本无人飞行器(UAV),通过视觉运动追踪从视频中提取振动信号,识别结构自然频率变化以判断损伤。在实验室尺度框架结构上对比健康与模拟损伤状态。实验采用两部智能手机、一个USB摄像头及自建低成本无人机(配备机载相机和自主对准系统),在无GPS环境下运行。通过频率域分析位移时序,并与接触式加速度计和有限元模型参考数据对比。结果表明,所有平台均成功捕获基频及其损伤引起的偏移。尽管无人机因平台扰动和传感限制导致最大5.7%误差,仍能可靠检测损伤导致的频率变化。相比商用无人机系统,本方案实现相当的检测性能但成本显著降低。结果证明低成本自主无人机是结构健康监测的可行、灵活且可扩展解决方案,尤其适用于无法使用接触式传感器的场景。研究还支持多架协同无人机部署以提升覆盖范围与鲁棒性。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

This paper presents a non-contact approach for vibration-based structural damage detection using an autonomous and customized cost-effective unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Vibration signals are extracted from video recordings through vision-based motion tracking to identify shifts in natural frequencies indicative of structural degradation. A laboratory-scale frame structure is evaluated under healthy and simulated-damage conditions. The proposed system is validated through an experimental study involving two smartphones, a USB camera, and a custom-built low-cost UAV equipped with an onboard camera and an autonomous alignment system for operation in GPS-denied environments. The displacement time is extracted and analyzed in the frequency domain and compared to reference measurements from contact accelerometers and a finite element model. Experimental results show that all platforms successfully capture the fundamental frequency and its shift due to damage. Although the UAV exhibits slightly higher errors (up to 5.7%) due to platform-induced disturbances and sensing limitations, it reliably detects damage-induced frequency changes. Compared to commercial UAV systems, the proposed platform achieves comparable inspection performance at significantly lower cost. These results demonstrate that low-cost autonomous UAVs provide a practical, flexible, and scalable solution for structural health monitoring, particularly in scenarios where contact-based sensing is impractical. The findings also support the potential for the deployment of multiple cooperative UAVs to further enhance inspection coverage and robustness.

无人机检测结构健康监测视觉追踪低成本系统

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