Application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Construction Industry

Abstract

Technological advances in the field of electronics, such as miniature electromechanical devices and small powerful electric motors, have made it possible to develop small and light devices, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Recently, civilian UAVs are rapidly gaining popularity. Undoubtedly, UAVs will be used for many services in the future. There is already a growing demand for such fields of application of unmanned aerial vehicles as agriculture, emergency services, energy, fuel, mining, construction, geodesy (cartography), transportation, etc. Thanks to modern technologies it possible to produce light and low-power but accurate sensors that can be used by controllers with high computing power and low energy consumption. This makes it possible to develop complex control systems for UAVs that can be implemented on board. Today’s quadcopters are used for design, surveillance, search, construction inspections, and a variety of other applications.