Architecture of a Flight Endurance Enhancement System for Maritime Operations with Fixed Wing UAS

Rodríguez, Luis; Cobano, J. A.; Ollero, A.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-70833-1_15

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“…For construction inspections, the work in [68], proposed to integrate UAVs for inspection purposes and used MAVLink for communication between Ground Control Stations and UAVs. For Maritime application, the work in [69] proposed an architecture for maritime surveillance using battery-powered drones. The MAVLink protocol was used to exchange data between the autopilot and the flight duration enhancement system.…”

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Micro Air Vehicle Link (MAVlink) in a Nutshell: A Survey

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The micro air vehicle link (MAVLink in short) is a communication protocol for unmanned systems (e.g., drones and robots). It specifies a comprehensive set of messages exchanged between unmanned systems and ground stations. This protocol is used in major autopilot systems, mainly ArduPilot and PX4, and provides powerful features not only for monitoring and controlling unmanned systems missions but also for their integration into the Internet. However, there is no technical survey and/or tutorial in the literature that presents these features or explains how to make use of them. Most of the references are online tutorials and basic technical reports, and none of them presents comprehensive and systematic coverage of the protocol. In this paper, we address this gap, and we propose an overview of the MAVLink protocol, the difference between its versions, and it is potential in enabling Internet connectivity to unmanned systems. We also discuss the security aspects of the MAVLink. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first technical survey and tutorial on the MAVLink protocol, which represents an important reference for unmanned systems users and developers. INDEX TERMS MAVLink, ArduPilot, PX4, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Ground Control Stations (GCSs).

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