Santos, Nuno (ISCTE-IUL), Raimundo, António (ISCTE-IUL), Peres, Diogo (ISCTE-IUL), Sebastião, Pedro (ISCTE-IUL), Souto, Nuno (ISCTE-IUL)

Development of a Software Platform to Control Squads of Unmanned Vehicles in Real-Time

Scheduled for presentation during the "UAS Navigation - II" (WeB5), Wednesday, June 14, 2017, 15:40−16:00, San Marco Island

2017 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, June 13-16, 2017, Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay, Miami, FL,

This information is tentative and subject to change. Compiled on April 26, 2024

Abstract

This paper proposes a new software platform to control and monitor a squad of unmanned vehicles. Through the use of an open-source flight controller and an on-board Raspberry Pi it is possible to create a system that enables communication between a remote ground control stations (GCS) and a unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Both are connected through the use of wireless and cellular networks like Wi-Fi, 3G and 4G which have the required support to allow for communication beyond line of sight.