---
code_id: 161060
site_ownership_code: "SNL"
open_source: true
repository_link: "https://github.com/sandialabs/aerial_inspection_planner"
project_type: "OS"
software_type: "S"
official_use_only: {}
developers:
- email: ""
  orcid: ""
  first_name: "Brady"
  last_name: "Moon"
  middle_name: ""
  affiliations:
  - "Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)"
  - "Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)"
  - "Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United\
    \ States)"
contributors: []
sponsoring_organizations:
- organization_name: "USDOE"
  funding_identifiers: []
  primary_award: "NA0003525"
  DOE: true
contributing_organizations: []
research_organizations:
- organization_name: "Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United\
    \ States)"
  DOE: true
related_identifiers: []
award_dois: []
release_date: "2024-10-30"
software_title: "Aerial Inspection Planner"
doi: "https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20250819.4"
description: "SAND2025-04581O\nAerial Inspection Planner is a software tool that creates\
  \ aerial trajectories for full coverage of a 3D object at minimum cost. It can be\
  \ used for inspection of aircraft, buildings, ships, wind turbines, etc. It uses\
  \ a 3D model of the object, and given the coverage constraints, outputs an efficient\
  \ flight path for a UAV to follow.Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission\
  \ laboratory managed and operated by National Technology & Engineering Solutions\
  \ of Sandia, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc., for\
  \ the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration under\
  \ contract DE-NA0003525."
programming_languages:
- "C++"
version_number: "1.0"
country_of_origin: "United States"
project_keywords: []
licenses:
- "MIT License"
recipient_org: "Sandia National Laboratories"
site_accession_number: "SCR #3096.0"
date_record_added: "2025-08-19"
date_record_updated: "2025-08-19"
is_file_certified: false
last_editor: "copyrightadmin@sandia.gov"
is_limited: false
links:
- rel: "citation"
  href: "https://www.osti.gov/doecode/biblio/161060"