TY - GEN
T1 - Multirotor UAV coverage planning under wind conditions
AU - Vasquez-Gomez, J. Irving
AU - Gomez-Castaneda, Cecilia
AU - Cote, Enrique Munoz De
AU - Herrera-Lozada, Juan Carlos
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/12/22
Y1 - 2016/12/22
N2 - Unmanned aerial vehicle coverage is a fast growing area, given that it has several applications such as precision agriculture, mapping, surveillance, etc. In order to cover a terrain, it is necessary to calculate the path that an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has to follow. In this paper, we propose a method that calculates the path that minimizes the energy consumption under wind conditions. Unlike previous work that only estimates the path that minimizes the number of flight lines, we have tested the model in simulation and in real experiments obtaining promising results. In some cases, the lowest energy path does not follow the direction of the wind, this contrasts with the well-known flight recommendations, but achieves the target of reducing energy.
AB - Unmanned aerial vehicle coverage is a fast growing area, given that it has several applications such as precision agriculture, mapping, surveillance, etc. In order to cover a terrain, it is necessary to calculate the path that an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has to follow. In this paper, we propose a method that calculates the path that minimizes the energy consumption under wind conditions. Unlike previous work that only estimates the path that minimizes the number of flight lines, we have tested the model in simulation and in real experiments obtaining promising results. In some cases, the lowest energy path does not follow the direction of the wind, this contrasts with the well-known flight recommendations, but achieves the target of reducing energy.
KW - Coverage planning
KW - Path planning
KW - UAV
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85011101268&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICMEAE.2016.015
DO - 10.1109/ICMEAE.2016.015
M3 - Contribución a la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:85011101268
T3 - Proceedings - 2016 International Conference on Mechatronics, Electronics, and Automotive Engineering, ICMEAE 2016
SP - 32
EP - 37
BT - Proceedings - 2016 International Conference on Mechatronics, Electronics, and Automotive Engineering, ICMEAE 2016
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2016 International Conference on Mechatronics, Electronics, and Automotive Engineering, ICMEAE 2016
Y2 - 22 November 2016 through 25 November 2016
ER -
