Abstract
This paper proposes a visual inspection methodology for the ceiling element of the gymnasium utilizing the blimp robot with the Wi-Fi camera. In the proposed methodology, the blimp robot with the Wi-Fi camera inspects the damage location and captures the photographic image of the damage condition. The inspection blimp robots will be able to estimate the damage condition without any process of engineers' on-site-inspection involved. To demonstrate the capabilities of the blimp robot with the Wi-Fi camera, the blimp robot is applied to estimate the ceiling of a gymnasium. The results of the application to real ceiling indicate that the Wi-Fi camera on the blimp robot can capture and estimate the image of the condition of the aging ceiling.
