Design and experiment for realization of laser wireless power transmission for small unmanned aerial vehicles

Chen, Qi; Zhang, Dechen; Zhu, Dandi; Shi, Qianyun; Gu, Jie; Ai, Yong

doi:10.1117/12.2199235

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“…It can deliver high energy to support various energy-hungry remote operations of UAVs [94]. Several studies have been reported on LPT techniques [95,96]. In [96], the authors introduced a controller design mechanism considering laser PV module to adjust the power conversion of LPT system.…”

Section: Charging With Laser Beamingmentioning

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs): practical aspects, applications, open challenges, security issues, and future trends

Mohsan

Othman

et al. 2023

Intel Serv Robotics

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Recently, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones have emerged as a ubiquitous and integral part of our society. They appear in great diversity in a multiplicity of applications for economic, commercial, leisure, military and academic purposes. The drone industry has seen a sharp uptake in the last decade as a model to manufacture and deliver convergence, offering synergy by incorporating multiple technologies. It is due to technological trends and rapid advancements in control, miniaturization, and computerization, which culminate in secure, lightweight, robust, more-accessible and cost-efficient UAVs. UAVs support implicit particularities including access to disaster-stricken zones, swift mobility, airborne missions and payload features. Despite these appealing benefits, UAVs face limitations in operability due to several critical concerns in terms of flight autonomy, path planning, battery endurance, flight time and limited payload carrying capability, as intuitively it is not recommended to load heavy objects such as batteries. As a result, the primary goal of this research is to provide insights into the potentials of UAVs, as well as their characteristics and functionality issues. This study provides a comprehensive review of UAVs, types, swarms, classifications, charging methods and regulations. Moreover, application scenarios, potential challenges and security issues are also examined. Finally, future research directions are identified to further hone the research work. We believe these insights will serve as guidelines and motivations for relevant researchers.

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Section: Charging With Laser Beamingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs): practical aspects, applications, open challenges, security issues, and future trends

Mohsan

Othman

et al. 2023

Intel Serv Robotics

228

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“…Laser power transfer is envisaged to empower several energy-hungry missions of UAVs over long distances. Some studies [86,87] have reported on the feasibility of laser power transfer for UAVs. In [88], the authors presented results pertaining to current, voltage and efficiency based on laser wavelength in a laser PV cell and material type.…”

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A Comprehensive Review of Micro UAV Charging Techniques

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The groundbreaking Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) technology has gained significant attention from both academia and industrial experts due to several applications, such as military missions, power lines inspection, precision agriculture, remote sensing, delivery services, traffic monitoring and many more. UAVs are expected to become a mainstream delivery element by 2040 to address the ever-increasing demand for delivery services. Similarly, UAV-assisted monitoring approaches will automate the inspection process, lowering mission costs, increasing access to remote locations and saving time and energy. Despite the fact that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are gaining popularity in both military and civilian applications, they have a number of limitations and critical problems that must be addressed in order for missions to be effective. One of the most difficult and time-consuming tasks is charging UAVs. UAVs’ mission length and travel distance are constrained by their low battery endurance. There is a need to study multi-UAV charging systems to overcome battery capacity limitations, allowing UAVs to be used for a variety of services while saving time and human resources. Wired and Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) systems have emerged as viable options to successfully solve this difficulty. In the past, several research surveys have focused on crucial aspects of wireless UAV charging. In this review, we have also examined the most emerging charging techniques for UAVs such as laser power transfer (LPT), distributed laser charging (DLC), simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) and simultaneous light wave information and power transfer (SLIPT). The classification and types of UAVs, as well as various battery charging methods, are all discussed in this paper. We’ve also addressed a number of difficulties and solutions for safe operation. In the final section, we have briefly discussed future research directions.

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“…With these PV cells, the UAV is powered and the battery is charged. 136 Maximum power point tracking methods are used to benefit from the energy obtained from PV cells at the maximum level.…”

Section: Charging With Laser Beamingmentioning

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

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2021

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

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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.

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Design and experiment for realization of laser wireless power transmission for small unmanned aerial vehicles

Cited by 14 publications

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs): practical aspects, applications, open challenges, security issues, and future trends

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs): practical aspects, applications, open challenges, security issues, and future trends

A Comprehensive Review of Micro UAV Charging Techniques

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

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