All persons copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. These works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. Abstract Aircraft skin ispection methodology, and the technical and economic advantages that can be expected from doing it with the aid of robotics, automation, and computer vision technologies, are reviewed. Robots for deployment of inspection systems are described briefly. Computer vision methods and algorithms for detection of cracks, surface corrosion, and subsurface corrosion are then discussed in detail.
Functionality is illustrated by application to current data.
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