Staying alive: a docking station for autonomous robot recharging

Silverman, M.C.; Nies, D.; Jung, Boyoon; Sukhatme, Gaurav S.

doi:10.1109/robot.2002.1013494

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“…1 Landing area with more than 1.6 times the position error of navigation system for 1 (or more) UAVs DP1. 2 Visual pattern of sufficient size and complexity to be recognized by the navigation system DP2 Charging system DP2.…”

Section: Design Parametersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…2 Visual pattern of sufficient size and complexity to be recognized to the navigation system DP2 Charging system DP2. 1 Interface system that provides connection between UAV and platform. On the UAV, skids and tail have terminals while the platform has wire mesh bands that match the placement of the battery terminals FR1 requires an area for the UAV to land.…”

Section: Rollin' Matmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…3 Donut shape platform where UAV slides on a slope to reach the area where recharging will take place DP2 Charging system DP2. 1 Interface system that provides connection between UAV and platform independent of UAV landing orientation on landing. On the UAV, the skids and tail have terminals while the platform has metal ring bands placed concentric to each other that match the placement of the battery terminals located on UAV …”

Section: Dp11mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…2 Visual pattern of sufficient size and complexity to be recognized to the navigation system DP2 Charging system DP2. 1 Interface system that provides connection between UAV and platform independent of UAV orientation on landing. The matrix to analyze couplings is shown in Table 7.…”

Section: Dp11mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While there have been few studies on service stations for UAVs, there have been numerous efforts to develop recharge platforms for ground based robots (c.f., [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]). Service stations are popular for battery operated commercial robots such as the home vacuum robot Roomba [8].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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UAV Consumable Replenishment: Design Concepts for Automated Service Stations

Kemper

Suzuki

Morrison

2010

J Intell Robot Syst

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A key requirement for the complete autonomy of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is the replenishment of its energy source and other consumables. Such processes are typically overseen and conducted by a human operator, may be time consuming and effectively reduce the operating range of the system. To satisfy the requirements of UAV customers such as military surveillance networks, that seek faster, broader and more fully autonomous systems, and hobbyists, who seek to avoid the hassle associated with changing the fuel source, we develop automated energy recharging systems. Focusing on battery operated remote control helicopters, we employ the Axiomatic Design methodology to develop design concepts of platforms to act as automatic service stations. We propose three station designs for refilling platforms and one concept for battery exchange platforms. In addition, we analyze the economic feasibility of automatic consumable replenishment stations, consider two types of station (container refilling and container exchange) and discuss the application of these systems. Refilling platforms better suit low coverage unmanned aerial systems (UAS) while exchange stations allow high coverage with fewer UAVs.

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Section: Design Parametersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Rollin' Matmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Dp11mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…2 Visual pattern of sufficient size and complexity to be recognized to the navigation system DP2 Charging system DP2. 1 Interface system that provides connection between UAV and platform independent of UAV orientation on landing. The matrix to analyze couplings is shown in Table 7.…”

Section: Dp11mentioning

confidence: 99%