THE USE OF UAVs (UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE), COMPACT PLANES WITHOUT CREW AND EQUIPPED WITH AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS FOR NAVIGATION AND CONTROL, IS VERY INTERESTING FOR ENVIRONMENT MONITORING. UAVS CAN BE A VALID OPERATIONAL TOOL TO MONITOR REGIONAL AREAS, IN PARTICULAR WHEN IMMEDIATE ACTIONS ARE NEEDED BECAUSE OF NATURAL DISASTERS (FIRES, FLOODS, POLLUTION, ETC.), SINCE, IF PROPERLY EQUIPPED, THEY CAN SUPPLY DATA AND HIGH-RES IMAGES WITHOUT RISKS FOR OPERATORS THANK TO THE ABSENCE OF ON-BOARD PERSONNEL. IN ADDITION, AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS ALLOW FOR REAL-TIME OPERATION BECAUSE THEY CAN BE ACTIVATED IN VERY SHORT TIME AND CONTROLLED BY PERSONNEL NON-SPECIALIZED IN AERONAUTICS (AS AN EXAMPLE FIREMEN, RESCUE STAFF). TO THIS END, THE VEHICLE MUST HAVE ON BOARD AN AUTONOMOUS GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM ABLE TO PRODUCE AN AUTONOMOUS LIFTING OFF, TO GUIDE IT TO THE AREA TO BE MONITORED, ESPECIALLY IN THE CASE IN WHICH THIS AREA IS NOT EASILY ACCESSED OR DANGEROUS, TO MANEOUVRE AND PERFORM REPETITIVE PATTERNS OVER THE OBSERVED AREA, AND FINALLY TO PRODUCE AN AUTONOMOUS LANDING. THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS THE DESIGN AND REALIZATION OF AN ON-BOARD AUTONOMOUS NAVOGATION SYSTEM, BASED ON THE INTEGRATION OF INERTIAL SENSORS AND GPS RECEIVERS, CAPABLE OF CONTINOUSLY MEASURING THE VEHICLE FLIGHT STATE IN ORDER TO TRACK PREFIXED TRAJECTORIES OR TRAJECTORIES AUTONOMOUSLY OR ON GROUND UPDATED DURING THE FLIGHT. THIS RESEARCH ACTIVITY WILL BE IN SYNERGY WITH OTHER PROJECTS CONCERNING THE NAVIGATION AND CONTROL OF UNMANNED VEHICLES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED OPTICAL SENSORS FOR AIRBIRNE REMOTE SENSING UNDER REALIZATION AT THE GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION AND CONTROL LABORATORY AT DISIS. THIS PROPOSAL FORESEES BOTH THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT AND PRELIMINARY TEST OF THE AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATIONN SYSTEM. THE RELATED ACTIVITIES, TO BE DEVELOPED WITHIN 12 MONTHS, ARE DIVIDED IN TWO LINES: SYSTEM HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT AND TEST; NAVIGATION ALGORITHMS AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND IN-FLIGHT TESTING. PROJECT'S OBJECTIVES ARE IN SYNERGY WITH THOSE OF THE CENTRO REGIONALE DI COMPETENZA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT. ALSO, THE DESIGN AND REALIZATION OF AN UAV AS A PLATFORM FOR IN-FLIGHT EXPERIMENTATION AND VALIDATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES IS A PROJECT OF THE CIRA (ITALIAN CENTRE FOR AEROSPACE RESEARCH) IN CAPUA (CE), IN COOPERATION WITH SEVERAL INDUSTRIES AND UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS.
Design and development of an autonomous navigation system of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for environment monitoring / Grassi, Michele. - (2005).
Design and development of an autonomous navigation system of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for environment monitoring
GRASSI, MICHELE
2005
Abstract
THE USE OF UAVs (UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE), COMPACT PLANES WITHOUT CREW AND EQUIPPED WITH AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS FOR NAVIGATION AND CONTROL, IS VERY INTERESTING FOR ENVIRONMENT MONITORING. UAVS CAN BE A VALID OPERATIONAL TOOL TO MONITOR REGIONAL AREAS, IN PARTICULAR WHEN IMMEDIATE ACTIONS ARE NEEDED BECAUSE OF NATURAL DISASTERS (FIRES, FLOODS, POLLUTION, ETC.), SINCE, IF PROPERLY EQUIPPED, THEY CAN SUPPLY DATA AND HIGH-RES IMAGES WITHOUT RISKS FOR OPERATORS THANK TO THE ABSENCE OF ON-BOARD PERSONNEL. IN ADDITION, AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS ALLOW FOR REAL-TIME OPERATION BECAUSE THEY CAN BE ACTIVATED IN VERY SHORT TIME AND CONTROLLED BY PERSONNEL NON-SPECIALIZED IN AERONAUTICS (AS AN EXAMPLE FIREMEN, RESCUE STAFF). TO THIS END, THE VEHICLE MUST HAVE ON BOARD AN AUTONOMOUS GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM ABLE TO PRODUCE AN AUTONOMOUS LIFTING OFF, TO GUIDE IT TO THE AREA TO BE MONITORED, ESPECIALLY IN THE CASE IN WHICH THIS AREA IS NOT EASILY ACCESSED OR DANGEROUS, TO MANEOUVRE AND PERFORM REPETITIVE PATTERNS OVER THE OBSERVED AREA, AND FINALLY TO PRODUCE AN AUTONOMOUS LANDING. THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS THE DESIGN AND REALIZATION OF AN ON-BOARD AUTONOMOUS NAVOGATION SYSTEM, BASED ON THE INTEGRATION OF INERTIAL SENSORS AND GPS RECEIVERS, CAPABLE OF CONTINOUSLY MEASURING THE VEHICLE FLIGHT STATE IN ORDER TO TRACK PREFIXED TRAJECTORIES OR TRAJECTORIES AUTONOMOUSLY OR ON GROUND UPDATED DURING THE FLIGHT. THIS RESEARCH ACTIVITY WILL BE IN SYNERGY WITH OTHER PROJECTS CONCERNING THE NAVIGATION AND CONTROL OF UNMANNED VEHICLES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED OPTICAL SENSORS FOR AIRBIRNE REMOTE SENSING UNDER REALIZATION AT THE GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION AND CONTROL LABORATORY AT DISIS. THIS PROPOSAL FORESEES BOTH THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT AND PRELIMINARY TEST OF THE AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATIONN SYSTEM. THE RELATED ACTIVITIES, TO BE DEVELOPED WITHIN 12 MONTHS, ARE DIVIDED IN TWO LINES: SYSTEM HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT AND TEST; NAVIGATION ALGORITHMS AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND IN-FLIGHT TESTING. PROJECT'S OBJECTIVES ARE IN SYNERGY WITH THOSE OF THE CENTRO REGIONALE DI COMPETENZA FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT. ALSO, THE DESIGN AND REALIZATION OF AN UAV AS A PLATFORM FOR IN-FLIGHT EXPERIMENTATION AND VALIDATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES IS A PROJECT OF THE CIRA (ITALIAN CENTRE FOR AEROSPACE RESEARCH) IN CAPUA (CE), IN COOPERATION WITH SEVERAL INDUSTRIES AND UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
