UAV Positioning Mechanisms in Landing Stations: Classification and Engineering Design Review

Galimov, Musa; Fedorenko, Roman; Klimchik, Alexandr

doi:10.3390/s20133648

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“…The second requirement is precise positioning when the UAV makes contact with the docking station. In [6], a detailed overview of related mechanisms is presented. The mechanisms for positioning a UAV are divided into two main groups, which are active ones and passive ones.…”

Section: Landing Platformmentioning

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A Decade of UAV Docking Stations: A Brief Overview of Mobile and Fixed Landing Platforms

Grlj

Krznar²,

Pranjic

2022

Drones

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have advanced rapidly in the last two decades with the advances in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. It is crucial, however, to design better power supply technologies. In the last decade, lithium polymer and lithium-ion batteries have mainly been used to power multirotor UAVs. Even though batteries have been improved and are constantly being improved, they provide fairly low energy density, which limits multirotors’ UAV flight endurance. This problem is addressed and is being partially solved by using docking stations which provide an aircraft to land safely, charge (or change) the batteries and to take-off as well as being safely stored. This paper focuses on the work carried out in the last decade. Different docking stations are presented with a focus on their movement abilities. Rapid advances in computer vision systems gave birth to precise landing systems. These algorithms are the main reason that docking stations became a viable solution. The authors concluded that the docking station solution to short ranges is a viable option, and numerous extensive studies have been carried out that offer different solutions, but only some types, mainly fixed stations with storage systems, have been implemented and are being used today. This can be seen from the commercially available list of docking stations at the end of this paper. Nevertheless, it is important to be aware of the technologies being developed and implemented, which can offer solutions to a vast number of different problems.

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Section: Landing Platformmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Decade of UAV Docking Stations: A Brief Overview of Mobile and Fixed Landing Platforms

Grlj

Krznar²,

Pranjic

2022

Drones

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“…In scenarios where a repeatable operation is required during periods longer (typically much longer) than the current maximum flight time, a solution that supports the charging or replacement of batteries is needed [35]. Existing landing base solutions are typically available only for small UAVs [36][37][38][39][40][41].…”

Section: Algorithms For Uav Precision Landingmentioning

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Precision Landing for Low-Maintenance Remote Operations with UAVs

Moreira¹,

Azevedo

Ferreira³

et al. 2021

Drones

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This work proposes a fully integrated ecosystem composed of three main components with a complex goal: to implement an autonomous system with a UAV requiring little to no maintenance and capable of flying autonomously. For this goal, was developed an autonomous UAV, an online platform capable of its management and a landing platform to enclose and charge the UAV after flights. Furthermore, a precision landing algorithm ensures no need for human intervention for long-term operations.

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“…To some degree, it determines the type of functions an automatic flight control system capable of executing this phase should offer. Moreover, both the type and class of the aircraft have an impact on the type of on-board equipment and airfield infrastructure necessary for a safe automatic landing [9,10].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…When analyzing the operation of autopilots offering the automatic landing function, the control algorithms supporting this phase can be, in general, considered on two levels [9][10][11]. The first covers low level functions responsible for the stabilization of angles of aircraft attitude and flight speed.…”

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Fixed Wing Aircraft Automatic Landing with the Use of a Dedicated Ground Sign System

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The paper presents automatic control of an aircraft in the longitudinal channel during automatic landing. There are two crucial components of the system presented in the paper: a vision system and an automatic landing system. The vision system processes pictures of dedicated on-ground signs which appear to an on-board video camera to determine a glide path. Image processing algorithms used by the system were implemented into an embedded system and tested under laboratory conditions according to the hardware-in-the-loop method. An output from the vision system was used as one of the input signals to an automatic landing system. The major components are control algorithms based on the fuzzy logic expert system. They were created to imitate pilot actions while landing the aircraft. Both systems were connected with one another for cooperation and to control an aircraft model in a simulation environment. Selected results of tests presenting control efficiency and precision are shown in the final section of the paper.

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UAV Positioning Mechanisms in Landing Stations: Classification and Engineering Design Review

Cited by 30 publications

References 29 publications

A Decade of UAV Docking Stations: A Brief Overview of Mobile and Fixed Landing Platforms

A Decade of UAV Docking Stations: A Brief Overview of Mobile and Fixed Landing Platforms

Precision Landing for Low-Maintenance Remote Operations with UAVs

Fixed Wing Aircraft Automatic Landing with the Use of a Dedicated Ground Sign System

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