Solar Powered Autonomous Hex-Copter for Surveillance, Security and Monitoring

Hassan, Fahad; Usman, Muhammad Rehan; Hamid, Shahzaib; Usman, Muhammad Arslan; Politis, Christos; Satrya, Gandeva Bayu

doi:10.1109/apwimob51111.2021.9435223

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“…The use of drones in these contexts has grown rapidly due to advancements in technology, affordability, and their ability to access areas that may be challenging for traditional surveillance methods. What follows is an investigation into the role of copter drones in surveillance and security [ 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Wide-Area Monitoring. Copter drones equipped with high-resolution cameras and sensors are capable of conducting wide-area monitoring [ 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 ]. They can cover large expanses of land, providing real-time aerial views of areas that might be difficult to monitor using ground-based surveillance.…”

Section: Applications Of Copter Dronesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Perimeter Security. Copter drones equipped with thermal imaging cameras can enhance perimeter security by detecting and monitoring movement in low-light conditions [ 89 , 90 , 92 ]. This capability is valuable for securing borders, critical installations, and industrial facilities.…”

Section: Applications Of Copter Dronesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Review on the State of the Art in Copter Drones and Flight Control Systems

Peksa,

Mamchur

2024

Sensors

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This paper presents an overview on the state of the art in copter drones and their components. It starts by providing an introduction to unmanned aerial vehicles in general, describing their main types, and then shifts its focus mostly to multirotor drones as the most attractive for individual and research use. This paper analyzes various multirotor drone types, their construction, typical areas of implementation, and technology used underneath their construction. Finally, it looks at current challenges and future directions in drone system development, emerging technologies, and future research topics in the area. This paper concludes by highlighting some key challenges that need to be addressed before widespread adoption of drone technologies in everyday life can occur. By summarizing an up-to-date survey on the state of the art in copter drone technology, this paper will provide valuable insights into where this field is heading in terms of progress and innovation.

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A Review on the State of the Art in Copter Drones and Flight Control Systems

Peksa,

Mamchur

2024

Sensors

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“…Most of the works presented to date using UAVs, concentrate on developing intelligent techniques for fault identification, like AI based imaging, but limited works have explored UAV based intelligent traversing strategies for fault location identification in HVDC transmission lines, especially, using learning-based approaches. The works that involve intelligent movement of UAVs have used different application environments like reconnaissance of disaster areas [43], residential areas [44] and smart cities [45] etc. Similarly, the works involving MDP based learning strategies for autonomous movement of UAVs, presented in [45][46][47][48][49][50][51], also focused on application areas other than the exploration of HVDC transmission lines especially for fault location identification.…”

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HVDC Transmission Line Fault Identification: A Learning Based UAV Control Strategy

Khan

Hamid²,

Usman

et al. 2022

IEEE Access

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Electricity Transmission plays an imperative role in smooth provision of power to the consumers. High voltage direct current (HVDC) system has a lead over high voltage alternate current (HVAC) system in various aspects. As DC transmissions lines transmit electricity over long distance, it is crucial to find the malfunctioning part of the line in case of faults occurrence. In this work, a decision-making based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control strategy is presented for identifying fault location in HVDC transmission lines. The technique is developed on two layered control systems, i.e., command station (Leader Agent) and UAV agents (Local Agents) control. The Markov decision process (MDP) based reward policy for both agents is defined mathematically and has been implemented in MATLAB to depict their behavior. The resulting policy is optimized through the value iteration algorithm based on reward functions and transition probabilities.

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“…A type of solar quadcopter was discussed including design flow, mathematical model and control system in Kingry et al (2018). In Hassan et al (2021), the design and construction of a hexcopter with self-controlled flight and solar-based self-powering mechanism are introduced, which can be used for surveillance and security. The solar array of a solar quadcopter, whose area is larger than a normal quadcopter, is likely not to work in the maximum power point (MPP) because of the nonuniform illumination or different temperatures on the array, which leads to the waste of energy.…”

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Extended search pigeon-inspired optimized MPPT controller for solar quadcopter

Zhang

Duan

Deng

2022

AEAT

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a novel maximum power point track (MPPT) controller for a type of solar quad-copter to solve the problem of tracking the maximum power point (MPP) when it works in nonuniform environment conditions. Design/methodology/approach The influence of uniform and nonuniform illumination and different temperatures results in the output characteristics of the solar array arising multiple local MPPs. To track the global MPP of the solar array on the designed solar quadcopter, a type of MPPT controller based on an improved pigeon-inspired optimization (PIO) algorithm is proposed. Findings A novel type of MPPT controller based on extended search PIO (ESPIO) algorithm, called ESPIO–MPPT controller, is introduced emphatically, which is used to extend the solar quadcopter’s flight time. The simulation experiments show that the ESPIO–MPPT controller can find the global MPP (GMPP) with smaller amplitudes of oscillation and less time cost. Practical implications The proposed solar quadcopter with ESPIO–MPPT controller has satisfactory flight performance which can greatly broaden its mission scope. Originality/value A type of efficient MPPT algorithm based on ESPIO is proposed for GMPP tracking of solar quadcopters in nonuniform environment conditions.

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Solar Powered Autonomous Hex-Copter for Surveillance, Security and Monitoring

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A Review on the State of the Art in Copter Drones and Flight Control Systems

A Review on the State of the Art in Copter Drones and Flight Control Systems

HVDC Transmission Line Fault Identification: A Learning Based UAV Control Strategy

Extended search pigeon-inspired optimized MPPT controller for solar quadcopter

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