Power Transmission Line Inspection Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - A Review

In recent years unmanned aerial vehicles are used in various inspection applications like construction operations, turbine, sewage water treatment, wind mill, power lines etc. In this study the need of UAVs in power transmission line is taken into account because even now in many countries manual labour is used for the inspection. Also the power lines need a regular maintenance in order to transmit required power supply. The aim of this work is to present a review on various artificial techniques that are used to collect the various data from the power transmission lines. Further the basic needs of hardware requirements for the UAV design are discussed in detail. Based on the study, the challenges and need of UAV are summarized in the concluding remarks.