Surface Inspection Planning Using 3D Visualization

Abstract

State of the art surface inspection planning requires an expert approach with a lot of trial and error. Because of the lack of available aiding tools, an engineer building inspection systems must rely heavily on his or her experience. In this work we proposed an interactive 3D visualization tool to help an engineer determine good viewpoints. It can be used both as a standalone tool for manual viewpoint placement or as an interface to the inspection planning algorithms giving the engineer a possibility to evaluate and modify automatically generated plans.

Viewpoint placement for inspection planning

“…Automatic inspection planning aimed to enable inspection of geometrically complex surfaces, which would otherwise be very difficult to perform by an engineer. Recently, Gospodnetic et al [18] took a different approach providing an engineer with an interactive surface inspection planning tool capable of replicating the three main parts of the physical inspection planning process: inspection object exploration, inspection region selection on the 3D model and viewpoint selection. Using the tool, an engineer can perform inspection planning digitally and obtain a real-time feedback about inspection coverage of the newly created plan and each of the viewpoints.…”

“…Furthermore, the set of parameters used for viewpoint evaluation in automatic planning is only a subset of the parameters used by an expert in the laboratory, making the results even harder to compare. In this work, the viewpoint planning interface introduced by Gospodnetic et al [18] was extended to provide the possibility of precise manual viewpoint planning.…”

Towards a Taxonomy of Industrial Challenges and Enabling Technologies in Industry 4.0

“…This disconnect is because academia is typically perceived as an educational provider rather than a technological one, especially by SMEs, which may not actively seek opportunities to collaborate with universities and research institutes to remain up-to-date on the latest developments [20], [21]. Moreover, while many industries prioritize immediate, cost-effective solutions that offer quick results [22], researchers tend to aim for innovative solutions that, although potentially offering greater long-term benefits, might take longer to realize [23]. Finally, enterprises operating on tight schedules and deadlines cannot afford to allocate resources or time to engage with academia [24], posing a significant obstacle to researchers who require access to industrial settings to test and validate their theories and solutions.…”