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Bojeri, Alex (MAVTech srl), Mai, Erika (MAVTech srl), Ristorto, Gianluca (Mavtech srl), Parin, Riccardo (Eurac Research), Vilardi, Andrea (Eurac Research), Guglieri, Giorgio (Politecnico di Torino)

Characterisation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Performance under Extreme Environmental Conditions in a Controlled Atmospheric Facility

Scheduled for presentation during the Regular Session "Environmental and Safety Issues" (FrA2), Friday, June 24, 2022, 09:20−09:40, Bokar

2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), June 21-24, 2022, Dubrovnik, Croatia

This information is tentative and subject to change. Compiled on March 28, 2024

Keywords Environmental Issues, Reliability of UAS, UAS Testbeds

Abstract

The use of drones for environmental monitoring in mountain areas is considered a very effective and innovative method to improve natural disaster prevention and tourism safety. However, several factors and extreme atmospheric conditions affect drones performance in this type of application. This paper introduces a new test methodology to characterise and validate a drone and its batteries under specific, variable and possibly critical environmental conditions requirements, simulated through several temperature and pressure condition variations. A series of performance tests have been carried out in an indoor facility for extreme climate simulation. These experiments have been focused specifically on the endurance of the drone for the correct planning of operations, on the limits of the payload to be integrated on board and on the robustness of the entire technological solution under specific environmental conditions. The results obtained confirmed the effectiveness of the method to be affirmed. The analysis of the tests presented gave the possibility to characterise with high detail the features and performance of the drone and the entire system employed. Furthermore, some future developments have been identified in order to improve the completeness and the integrity of the methodology.

 

 

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