Ipas, Oroel (Naitec), Przylecki, Maciej (NAITEC), Soria, Eneko (Naitec), Albeniz Marquinez, Angel (NAITEC), Bernardini, Angela (NAITEC), Barrio, Aingeru (NAITEC)

Autonomous Landing and Avoidance System Virtual Validation Approach

Scheduled for presentation during the Regular Session "UAS Designs and Technologies" (WeA5), Wednesday, June 22, 2022, 11:30−11:50, Elafiti

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

This information is tentative and subject to change. Compiled on April 19, 2024

Abstract

The use of UAS has increased exponentially in the recent years. Precise agriculture, people search and rescue, road surveillance and control are just some of the civil applications. However, to be used with these purposes, UAS must gain regulatory approval. This paper proposes the implementation of virtual tools to reduce real testing, facilitating both the design and certification of UAS. The benefits of the approach are shown with the application to a landing and avoidance system. The project hardware is illustrated at first, including UAV hardware and software structure. Then the Optical Systems to be vali- dated are detailed in terms of hardware and implementation approach. Finally, the tools for virtual simulation (Matlab and Gazebo) are detailed, showing the intermediate results obtained, leading to an UAS plant design. Those results are correlated with a final in flight campaign, showing the correctness of the proposed approach