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A Dynamic Navigation Model for Unmanned Aircraft Systems and an Application to Autonomous Front-On Environmental Sensing and Photography Using Low-Cost Sensor Systems

Queensland University of Technology, Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation (ARCAA), 2 George St, Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia
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Sensors 2015, 15(9), 21537-21553; https://doi.org/10.3390/s150921537
Received: 4 July 2015 / Revised: 13 August 2015 / Accepted: 24 August 2015 / Published: 28 August 2015
(This article belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)
This paper presents an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that uses a probabilistic model for autonomous front-on environmental sensing or photography of a target. The system is based on low-cost and readily-available sensor systems in dynamic environments and with the general intent of improving the capabilities of dynamic waypoint-based navigation systems for a low-cost UAS. The behavioural dynamics of target movement for the design of a Kalman filter and Markov model-based prediction algorithm are included. Geometrical concepts and the Haversine formula are applied to the maximum likelihood case in order to make a prediction regarding a future state of a target, thus delivering a new waypoint for autonomous navigation. The results of the application to aerial filming with low-cost UAS are presented, achieving the desired goal of maintained front-on perspective without significant constraint to the route or pace of target movement. View Full-Text
Keywords: unmanned aircraft system; predictive path planning; societal integration; dynamic waypoint navigation; aerial photography; aerial filming unmanned aircraft system; predictive path planning; societal integration; dynamic waypoint navigation; aerial photography; aerial filming
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Cooper, A.J.; Redman, C.A.; Stoneham, D.M.; Gonzalez, L.F.; Etse, V.K. A Dynamic Navigation Model for Unmanned Aircraft Systems and an Application to Autonomous Front-On Environmental Sensing and Photography Using Low-Cost Sensor Systems. Sensors 2015, 15, 21537-21553. https://doi.org/10.3390/s150921537

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Cooper AJ, Redman CA, Stoneham DM, Gonzalez LF, Etse VK. A Dynamic Navigation Model for Unmanned Aircraft Systems and an Application to Autonomous Front-On Environmental Sensing and Photography Using Low-Cost Sensor Systems. Sensors. 2015; 15(9):21537-21553. https://doi.org/10.3390/s150921537

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Cooper, Andrew J., Chelsea A. Redman, David M. Stoneham, Luis F. Gonzalez, and Victor K. Etse. 2015. "A Dynamic Navigation Model for Unmanned Aircraft Systems and an Application to Autonomous Front-On Environmental Sensing and Photography Using Low-Cost Sensor Systems" Sensors 15, no. 9: 21537-21553. https://doi.org/10.3390/s150921537

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