The Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to seek the industry’s participation in the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and Unmanned Vehicle (UV) technology for MRT and road tunnel inspections. Through the RFI, LTA will evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of leveraging such technologies in the routine inspection of tunnels. If found effective, LTA aims to fully deploy these technologies for tunnel inspections in the next five years.
Participants of the RFI are invited to design and develop suitable trials based on UAS technology to conduct automated inspections in MRT tunnels. They can also develop trials involving UAS, UV or other technology for the inspection of road tunnels. The trials should incorporate 360-degree video mapping of the tunnels, as well as software to automatically detect defects from the video taken and provide their location.
The use of automated technologies such as UAS and UVs will not only improve the accuracy of inspections, but will also free up engineers’ time, enabling them to focus on the analysis of the data captured to recommend any necessary remedial measures.
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