A review on applications of rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle charging stations

Abstract

Today’s technology allows people to remotely control and monitor many systems. In these technological systems, robots or unmanned vehicles are generally used, which are controlled remotely without human interaction. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which does not have a pilot on it, is one of the unmanned vehicles capable of flying either remotely or automatically. UAVs are among the systems that are used in many fields for military, civil, and academic purposes and are constantly developing in parallel with the advancement of technology. One of the biggest problems of UAVs that are effectively used in many areas is undoubtedly flight times. To overcome this situation, charging stations are used and allow the UAV batteries to be charged without human intervention. In this article, a review study about the charging stations developed for charging batteries used in UAVs has been made. In this study, the findings obtained as a result of literature research on charging stations were analyzed and the performances of charging stations were compared. The main purpose of this review study is to guide people who will develop a charging station for rotary-wing UAVs by providing a preliminary research opportunity and to help choose one of the wired or wireless charging stations according to the needs in the applications to be developed.

Inverted Docking Station: A Conceptual Design for a Battery-Swapping Platform for Quadrotor UAVs

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Design of a Wireless Drone Recharging Station and a Special Robot End Effector for Installation on a Power Line

“…In [6], a thorough overview of battery charging stations is given and divided into two groups: wired and wireless charging stations. Although the power transfer efficiency of wireless charging stations is lower, the reliability of such systems in terms of energy transfer and environmental changes is much higher than that of wired charging stations [6].…”

Effects of rotor–rotor interaction on the wake characteristics of twin rotors in axial descent

“…In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been used in various fields, such as research, industry and recreation (Vergouw et al 2016;Hassanalian & Abdelkefi 2017;Ahirwar et al 2019;Darvishpoor et al 2020;Shahmoradi et al 2020). UAV platforms are classified primarily into rotary-wing, fixed-wing and flapping-wing UAVs, depending on their propulsion systems (Ucgun, Yuzgec & Bayilmis 2021). Rotary-wing UAVs, which are based primarily on a multi-rotor propulsion system, can hover, take off and land vertically in a narrow space compared to other UAV platforms.…”

“…2020). UAV platforms are classified primarily into rotary-wing, fixed-wing and flapping-wing UAVs, depending on their propulsion systems (Ucgun, Yuzgec & Bayilmis 2021). Rotary-wing UAVs, which are based primarily on a multi-rotor propulsion system, can hover, take off and land vertically in a narrow space compared to other UAV platforms.…”