Design and development of an aircraft type portable drone for surveillance and disaster management

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazi Mahmud Hasan ◽  
S.H. Shah Newaz ◽  
Md. Shamim Ahsan
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Ground Control ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Recovery System ◽  
Ground Control Station ◽  
Autonomous Aircraft ◽  
Aircraft Type ◽  
The Cost

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the development of an aircraft-type autonomous portable drone suitable for surveillance and disaster management. The drone is capable of flying at a maximum speed of 76 km/h. This portable drone comprises five distinct parts those are easily installable within several minutes and can be fit in a small portable kit. The drone consists of a ballistic recovery system, allowing the drone landing vertically. The integrated high-definition camera sends real-time video stream of desired area to the ground control station. In addition, the drone is capable of carrying ~1.8 kg of payload. Design/methodology/approach In order to design and develop the portable drone, the authors sub-divided the research activities in six fundamental steps: survey of the current drone technologies, design the system architecture of the drone, simulation and modeling of various modules of the drone, development of various modules of the drone and their performance analysis, integration of various modules of the drone, and real-life performance analysis and finalization. Findings Experimental results: the cruise speed of the drone was in the range between 45 and 62 km/h. The drone was capable of landing vertically using the ballistic recovery system attached with it. On the contrary, the drone can transmit real-time video to the ground control station and, thus, suitable for surveillance. The audio system of the drone can be used for announcement of emergency messages. The drone can carry 1.8 kg of payload and can be used during disaster management. The drone parts are installed within 10 min and fit in a small carrying box. Practical implications The autonomous aircraft-type portable drone has a wide range of applications including surveillance, traffic jam monitoring and disaster management. Social implications The cost of the cost-effective drone is within $700 and creates opportunities for the deployment in the least developed countries. Originality/value The autonomous aircraft-type portable drone along with the ballistic recovery system were designed and developed by the authors using their won technology.

scholarly journals Evaluation of StrepBSelectChromogenic Medium and the Fast-Track Diagnostics Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Real-Time PCR Assay Compared to Routine Culture for Detection of GBS during Antepartum Screening

2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (7) ◽  
pp. 2137-2142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deirdre L. Church ◽  
Heather Baxter ◽  
Tracie Lloyd ◽  
Oscar Larios ◽  
Daniel B. Gregson
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Real Time Pcr ◽  
Fast Track ◽  
Group B Streptococcus ◽  
Culture Method ◽  
Predictive Values ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Standard Culture ◽  
Group B ◽  
The Cost

ABSTRACTLife-threatening infection in neonates due to group BStreptococcus(GBS) is preventable by screening of near-term pregnant women and treatment at delivery. A total of 295 vaginal-rectal swabs were collected from women attending antepartum clinics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. GBS colonization was detected by the standard culture method (Strep B Carrot Broth subcultured to blood agar with a neomycin disk) and compared to recovery with Strep Group B Broth (Dalynn Biologicals) subcultured to StrepBSelectchromogenic medium (CM; Bio-Rad Laboratories) and the Fast-Track Diagnostics GBS real-time PCR (quantitative PCR [qPCR]) assay (Phoenix Airmid Biomedical Corp.) performed with broth-enriched samples and the Abbottm2000sp/m2000rt system. A total of 62/295 (21%) women were colonized with GBS; 58 (19.7%) cases were detected by standard culture, while CM and qPCR each found 61 (20.7%) cases. The qPCR and CM were similar in performance, with sensitivities, specificities, and positive and negative predictive values of 98.4 and 98.4%, 99.6 and 99.6%, 98.4 and 98.4%, and 99.6 and 99.6%, respectively, compared to routine culture. Both qPCR and CM would allow more rapid reporting of routine GBS screening results than standard culture. Although the cost per test was similar for standard culture and CM, the routine use of qPCR would cost approximately four times as much as culture-based detection. Laboratories worldwide should consider implementing one of the newer methods for primary GBS testing, depending on the cost limitations of different health care jurisdictions.

Software Support for Ground Control Station for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mlađan Jovanovic´ ◽  
Dusˇan Starcˇevic´ ◽  
Zoran Jovanovic´
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Research Effort ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Ground Control ◽  
Real Time System ◽  
Software Support ◽  
Representation Systems ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Ground Control Station ◽  
Aerial Vehicle

Uninhabited vehicles can be used in many applications and domains, particularly in environments that humans cannot enter (e.g. deep sea) or prefer not to enter (e.g. war zones). The promise of relatively low cost, highly reliable and effective assets that are not subject to the physical, psychological or training constraints of human pilots has led to much research effort across the world. Due to technological advances and increasing investment, interest in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as a practical, deployable technological component in many civil applications is rapidly increasing and becoming a reality, as are their capabilities and availability. UAV platforms also offer a unique experimental environment for developing, integrating and experimenting with many other technologies such as automated planners, knowledge representation systems, chronicle recognition systems, etc. UAV performs various kinds of missions such as mobile tactical reconnaissance, surveillance, law enforcement, search and rescue, land management, environmental monitoring, disaster management. UAV is a complex and challenging system to develop. It operates autonomously in unknown and dynamically changing environment. This requires different types of subsystems to cooperate. In order to realize all functionalities of the UAV, the software part becomes very complex real-time system expected to execute real-time tasks concurrently. This paper describes proposed software architecture for GCS (Ground Control Station) for lightweight UAV purpose-built for medium-scale reconnaissance and surveillance missions in civil area. The overall system architecture and implementation are described.

Volcano highlights Chile's long-term relief shortfall

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Response ◽  
Fiscal Deficit ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Recovery System ◽  
Response And Recovery ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Serious Injuries ◽  
Disaster Response And Recovery

Significance Although it caused no deaths or serious injuries, the eruption has important economic implications for one of the country's key agricultural and salmon-farming regions. Together with recent flash floods in northern Chile, it also draws attention to the need to continue strengthening the disaster response and recovery system. Impacts Even if Calbuco quickly subsides, it will be months before the area can be completely cleaned and years before vegetation fully recovers. The cost of relief after the eruption and recent floods may increase this year's fiscal deficit. A bill to modernise ONEMI is unlikely to be a legislative priority in coming months when attention will focus on anti-corruption measures.

scholarly journals On-Board Real-Time Trajectory Planning for Fixed Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Extreme Environments

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (19) ◽  
pp. 4085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Schellenberg ◽  
Tom Richardson ◽  
Arthur Richards ◽  
Robert Clarke ◽  
Matt Watson
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Extreme Environments ◽  
Ground Control ◽  
Raspberry Pi ◽  
Atmospheric Conditions ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Ground Control Station ◽  
Summit Region

A team from the University of Bristol have developed a method of operating fixed wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) at long-range and high-altitude over Volcán de Fuego in Guatemala for the purposes of volcanic monitoring and ash-sampling. Conventionally, the mission plans must be carefully designed prior to flight, to cope with altitude gains in excess of 3000 m, reaching 9 km from the ground control station and 4500 m above mean sea level. This means the climb route cannot be modified mid-flight. At these scales, atmospheric conditions change over the course of a flight and so a real-time trajectory planner (RTTP) is desirable, calculating a route on-board the aircraft. This paper presents an RTTP based around a genetic algorithm optimisation running on a Raspberry Pi 3 B+, the first of its kind to be flown on-board a UAV. Four flights are presented, each having calculated a new and valid trajectory on-board, from the ground control station to the summit region of Volcań de Fuego. The RTTP flights are shown to have approximately equivalent efficiency characteristics to conventionally planned missions. This technology is promising for the future of long-range UAV operations and further development is likely to see significant energy and efficiency savings.

Design and Realization of Remote Control UAV’s Flight Controller

2014 ◽  
Vol 989-994 ◽  
pp. 2951-2954
Author(s):  
Ye Tian ◽  
Hong De Deng ◽  
Hao Yue Zhuang
Keyword(s):  
Remote Control ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Human Machine Interface ◽  
Ground Control ◽  
Ground Control Station ◽  
Machine Interface ◽  
Developing Platform

To provide UAV’s operator with flight information in real time, according to the property of remote control UAV and human-machine interface design, a flight controller has been implemented. The flight controller used LabWindows/CVI、GL Studio and UDP communication as the main developing platform. The system has been used in projection, and the test had showed that it could meet the need of the GCS(ground control station) of remote control UAV.

scholarly journals ART-GCS: An Adaptive Real-Time Multi-Agent Ground Control Station

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan A. Bonache-Seco ◽  
Jose A. Lopez-Orozco ◽  
Eva Besada-Portas ◽  
Jose L. Risco-Martin
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Ground Control ◽  
Ground Control Station ◽  
Multi Agent
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