TY - GEN
T1 - Solar powered autonomous hex-copter for surveillance, security and monitoring
AU - Hassan, Fahad
AU - Usman, M. Rehan
AU - Hamid, Shahzaib
AU - Usman, M. Arslan
AU - Politis, Christos
AU - Satrya, G.B.
N1 - Organising Body: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Due to innovation in machine automation and artificial intelligence (AI), surveillance and security paradigms are changing. The unmanned aerial vehicles are designed for surveillance of high importance area, that are either difficult to access or are located in dangerous zones. This paper focuses on design and construction of hex-copter with surveillance capabilities. The designed hex-copter has the ability to fly autonomously and cover the predefined path as well as send the video signals which are to be viewed on the ground base station, i.e., PC and smart phones etc., also the UAV is fully capable of self-controlled flight and solar based self-powering mechanism. For self-control mechanism, our design includes an ArduPilot Mega (APM) Version 2.8 flight controller having an in-built microcontroller with capability of interfacing with GPS and Inertial measurement sensor unit. The auto-flight path is generated with the help of mission planner software. For the surveillance purpose, a camera is attached with the hex-copter that transmits video data wirelessly to the ground station. This system provides an extremely maneuverable and versatile platform for applications like surveillance and aerial photography. It can be used for government agencies, military applications, and disaster relief etc.
AB - Due to innovation in machine automation and artificial intelligence (AI), surveillance and security paradigms are changing. The unmanned aerial vehicles are designed for surveillance of high importance area, that are either difficult to access or are located in dangerous zones. This paper focuses on design and construction of hex-copter with surveillance capabilities. The designed hex-copter has the ability to fly autonomously and cover the predefined path as well as send the video signals which are to be viewed on the ground base station, i.e., PC and smart phones etc., also the UAV is fully capable of self-controlled flight and solar based self-powering mechanism. For self-control mechanism, our design includes an ArduPilot Mega (APM) Version 2.8 flight controller having an in-built microcontroller with capability of interfacing with GPS and Inertial measurement sensor unit. The auto-flight path is generated with the help of mission planner software. For the surveillance purpose, a camera is attached with the hex-copter that transmits video data wirelessly to the ground station. This system provides an extremely maneuverable and versatile platform for applications like surveillance and aerial photography. It can be used for government agencies, military applications, and disaster relief etc.
KW - Computer science and informatics
U2 - 10.1109/APWiMob51111.2021.9435223
DO - 10.1109/APWiMob51111.2021.9435223
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9781728194769
T3 - IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Wireless and Mobile
BT - 2021 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Wireless and Mobile (APWiMob)
PB - IEEE
T2 - 2021 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Wireless and Mobile (APWiMob)
Y2 - 8 April 2021 through 10 April 2021
ER -