Study of a UAV with autonomous LIDAR navigation

The recent growth of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles has brought them to a wide variety of industries, from construction to film production or emergency services. These vehicles still depend on some part of human intervention and can only operate comfortably in very wide and open spaces. This is mainly due...

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Author: Marín De Yzaguirre, Marcel
Format: Master's thesis
Publication date:2021
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/361456
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/361456
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Drone aircraft
Optical detectors
Avions no tripulats
Detectors òptics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai
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description The recent growth of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles has brought them to a wide variety of industries, from construction to film production or emergency services. These vehicles still depend on some part of human intervention and can only operate comfortably in very wide and open spaces. This is mainly due to the limited surrounding awareness that the UAVs have as they are equipped with very simple sensing equipment. In this research work, this issue will be tackled. This project focuses on the use of a solid-state LIDAR sensor module to perform obstacle avoidance. The integration is done in a Hummingbird multirotor platform where a path following algorithm has already been tested. The objective will be to integrate the system into the existing platform and validated it in real flight conditions. The Hummingbird UAV at the end of the project will be capable of autonomously navigating while at the same time being capable of performing obstacle avoidance manoeuvres around non-planned and static objects.
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spelling Study of a UAV with autonomous LIDAR navigation Marín De Yzaguirre, Marcel Drone aircraft Optical detectors Avions no tripulats Detectors òptics Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai The recent growth of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles has brought them to a wide variety of industries, from construction to film production or emergency services. These vehicles still depend on some part of human intervention and can only operate comfortably in very wide and open spaces. This is mainly due to the limited surrounding awareness that the UAVs have as they are equipped with very simple sensing equipment. In this research work, this issue will be tackled. This project focuses on the use of a solid-state LIDAR sensor module to perform obstacle avoidance. The integration is done in a Hummingbird multirotor platform where a path following algorithm has already been tested. The objective will be to integrate the system into the existing platform and validated it in real flight conditions. The Hummingbird UAV at the end of the project will be capable of autonomously navigating while at the same time being capable of performing obstacle avoidance manoeuvres around non-planned and static objects. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya https://hdl.handle.net/2117/361456
spellingShingle Study of a UAV with autonomous LIDAR navigation
Marín De Yzaguirre, Marcel
Drone aircraft
Optical detectors
Avions no tripulats
Detectors òptics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai
title Study of a UAV with autonomous LIDAR navigation
title_full Study of a UAV with autonomous LIDAR navigation
title_fullStr Study of a UAV with autonomous LIDAR navigation
title_full_unstemmed Study of a UAV with autonomous LIDAR navigation
title_short Study of a UAV with autonomous LIDAR navigation
title_sort Study of a UAV with autonomous LIDAR navigation
topic Drone aircraft
Optical detectors
Avions no tripulats
Detectors òptics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai
topic_facet Drone aircraft
Optical detectors
Avions no tripulats
Detectors òptics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai
url https://hdl.handle.net/2117/361456