Millán Romera, José Andrés (University of Seville), Acevedo, José Joaquín (University of Seville), Castaño, Ángel Rodríguez (University of Seville), Perez-Leon, Hector (University of Seville), Capitán, Carlos (University of Seville), Ollero, Anibal (Universidad de Sevilla)

A UTM Simulator Based on ROS and Gazebo

Scheduled for presentation during the Regular Session "Airspace Control" (MoD15T1), Monday, November 25, 2019, 16:40−17:00, Room T1

2019 Workshop on Research, Education and Development of Unmanned Aerial Systems (RED UAS), November 25-27, 2019, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK

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Abstract

This paper presents a simulation framework for the development and testing of UTM functionalities. The simulator is based on the U-space functional architecture and services. U-space includes pre-flight services (before the UAV is allowed to take-off) and in-flight services (when the UAV is flying). There are many in-flight services that are not currently implemented (or only partialy) and, as far we know, there is not a simulation framework that tackle this. Our UTM simulator is based on the Robot Operating System (ROS) and Gazebo and it allows to implement and test U-space in-flight services, speeding up their development and allowing to implement new functionalities. We show the implementation of a use-case of the EU-funded project GAUSS that involves rotary and fix-wing UAVs flying on a shared environment.