AQUADA PLUS: Automated damage inspection of cyclic-loaded large-scale composite structures using thermal imagery and computer vision

•Multi-site damage in a cyclic-loaded structure can be detected using passive thermography automatically.•The method can handle complex thermal backgrounds with considerable environmental temperature change.•The drone-based trial test shows the feasibility of blade damage inspection in a spinning wind turbine.•All original thermal videos are shared with the entire research community for further study.