scholarly journals Design and Development of a Multi-Application Hexacopter

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (VII) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Satish Chaudhary
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Optimized Design ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
The Third ◽  
Medical Supplies ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
The People ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Rotary Wing ◽  
Second Use

The technology of the fixed wing and the rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicles have been emerging and the applications have been focused widely to numerous regions. This paper focuses on some applications where we have tested our multicopter and in future the further improvement shall incorporate. Our main focus was to build an aerial Covid warrior considering mainly three different and useful applications particularly for remote village areas where many facilities are not always available. First application is the delivery of the medical supplies to the people in need. Second, use of the onboard speaker, which can relay valuable information during emergency or the valuable health related awareness remotely by respective department. And the third application is use of the sanitizer spray arrangement for the larger area disinfection. The prototype has been tested in a typical village area in different conditions and has provided required performance due to optimized design. This paper is to facilitate other users to explore the capabilities of the multicopters for any situations like we suggested with this project considering this pandemic.

Detection and localization of helipad in autonomous UAV landing: a coupled visual-inertial approach with artificial intelligence

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (7) ◽  
pp. 828-839
Author(s):  
Thinh Hoang Dinh ◽  
Hieu Le Thi Hong
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Fiducial Marker ◽  
Localization Algorithm ◽  
Challenging Problem ◽  
Autonomous Landing ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Detection And Localization ◽  
Rotary Wing

Autonomous landing of rotary wing type unmanned aerial vehicles is a challenging problem and key to autonomous aerial fleet operation. We propose a method for localizing the UAV around the helipad, that is to estimate the relative position of the helipad with respect to the UAV. This data is highly desirable to design controllers that have robust and consistent control characteristics and can find applications in search – rescue operations. AI-based neural network is set up for helipad detection, followed by optimization by the localization algorithm. The performance of this approach is compared against fiducial marker approach, demonstrating good consensus between two estimations

scholarly journals Short-Range Transportation Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) during Disasters in Japan

Drones ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Koki Yakushiji ◽  
Hiroshi Fujita ◽  
Mikio Murata ◽  
Naoki Hiroi ◽  
Yuuichi Hamabe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Blood Product ◽  
The United States ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Medical Assistance ◽  
Medical Supplies ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Life Saving

Larger types of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are beginning to be used in the United States and Europe for commercial transportation. Additionally, some blood product transport systems have been commercialized in Rwanda and other countries and used in pandemic operations for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in infected areas. Conversely, implementing goods transportation for commercial purposes in Japan has been difficult, especially in urban areas, due to national legislation. This study examined UAV-assisted transportation in Japan, a natural disaster hotspot, with a focus on the potential uses of UAVs in situations where traffic blockages make ground transportation impossible. UAVs were used to transport 17 kg of medical supplies belonging to a disaster medical assistance team (DMAT), along with 100 emergency meals. We also transported insulin under controlled-temperature conditions, as well as many other emergency supplies. Using UAVs to transport emergency supplies could be an effective approach when dealing with disasters. This paper summarizes the effectiveness of this approach for medical care and disaster response activities. We present a method for using drones to bridge the gap between medical and firefighting personnel, such as DMAT personnel, who are engaged in life-saving activities at the time of a disaster, and those who are unable to transport necessary goods by land using terrestrial vehicles due to traffic interruptions.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

2021 ◽  
pp. 208-251
Author(s):  
Giulia Casmiro Scarmagnani
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Unmanned Aircraft ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Third ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
The Us ◽  
General Secretariat ◽  
Phd Thesis ◽  
Counterterrorism Policy

Last January, the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union produced an estimate that, by the year 2035, the drones' sector will create up to 100,000 new jobs and, in addition, will have an economic impact of more than ten billion euros per year. This chapter takes its cue precisely from the central importance of unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones, and tries to sum up their future. Indeed, despite the enormous success of drones over the decades, many are the criticisms related to unmanned aircraft on board. The first section aims at outlining an historical framework, while the second section analyses the impressive role played by drones within the counterterrorism policy of the US presidency, with particular regard to Barack Obama's mandate. The third section applies a SWOT type analysis to UAVs, taking into account both their advantages and disadvantages. Finally, the fourth section investigates the human factor problem within UAVs, which was inspired by Dr. Giovanni Miranda's PhD thesis.

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