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Aerial robots with perception, navigation, and manipulation capabilities are extending the range of applications of drones, allowing the integration of different sensor devices and robotic manipulators to perform inspection and maintenance operations on infrastructures such as power lines, bridges, viaducts, or walls, involving typically physical interactions on flight. New research and technological challenges arise from applications demanding the benefits of aerial robots, particularly in outdoor environments. This book collects eleven papers from different research groups from Spain, Croatia, Italy, Japan, the USA, the Netherlands, and Denmark, focused on the design, development, and experimental validation of methods and technologies for inspection and maintenance using aerial robots.

aerial manipulation --- dual arm --- compliance --- Cartesian manipulator --- hexa-rotor --- multirotor UAV --- translational driving system --- magnetic field navigation --- parallel conductors --- transmission lines --- unmanned aerial vehicles --- inspection and maintenance --- power lines --- arial manipulation --- multirotor systems --- high-voltage power lines --- clip-type bird flight diverters --- aerial robotics --- multirotor control --- inspection --- maintenance --- UAV --- aerial robotic manipulation --- viaduct --- LIDAR --- photogrammetry --- contact --- Structural Health Monitoring --- Unmanned Aircraft System --- drone --- damage detection --- electropermanent magnet --- B-spline impulse response function --- Dynamic Signature Response --- force control --- bilateral teleoperation --- haptics --- quadrotor --- mosquitoes’ control --- drones --- drone regulation --- unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) --- U-space --- SORA methodology --- sterile insect technique (SIT) --- n/a --- mosquitoes' control