Three-dimensional robotic inspection system

A method of an unmanned robot for monitoring an asset via an autonomous model-driven inspection, the method comprising:

• storing a three-dimensional (3D) model of a travel path with respect to a virtual asset that is created in virtual space;
• converting the virtually created 3D model of the travel path about the virtual asset into a physical travel path about a physical asset corresponding to the virtual asset;
• autonomously controlling vertical and lateral movement of the unmanned robot in three dimensions with respect to the physical asset based on the physical travel path and capturing data at one or more regions of interest;
• and
• storing information concerning the captured data about the physical asset.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions that when executed cause a computer to perform a method of an unmanned robot for monitoring an asset via an autonomous model-driven inspection, the method comprising:

• storing a three-dimensional (3D) model of a travel path with respect to a virtual asset that is created in virtual space;
• converting the virtually created 3D model of the travel path about the virtual asset into a physical travel path about a physical asset corresponding to the virtual asset;
• autonomously controlling vertical and lateral movement of the unmanned robot in three dimensions with respect to the physical asset based on the physical travel path and capturing data at one or more regions of interest;
• and
• storing information concerning the captured data about the physical asset.