Design, integration and sea trials of 3D printed unmanned aerial vehicle and unmanned surface vehicle for cooperative missions

Niu, Hanlin, Ji, Ze ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8968-9902, Liguori, Pietro, Yin, Hujun and Carrasco, Joaquin 2021. Design, integration and sea trials of 3D printed unmanned aerial vehicle and unmanned surface vehicle for cooperative missions. Presented at: 2021 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII2021), Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan, 11-14 January 2021. 2021 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII). IEEE, pp. 590-591. 10.1109/IEEECONF49454.2021.9382687

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Abstract

In recent years, Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV) have been extensively deployed for maritime applications. However, USV has a limited detection range with sensor installed at the same elevation with the targets. In this research, we propose a cooperative Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - Unmanned Surface Vehicle (UAV-USV) platform to improve the detection range of USV. A floatable and waterproof UAV is designed and 3D printed, which allows it to land on the sea. A catamaran USV and landing platform are also developed. To land UAV on the USV precisely in various lighting conditions, IR beacon detector and IR beacon are implemented on the UAV and USV, respectively. Finally, a two-phase UAV precise landing method, USV control algorithm and USV path following algorithm are proposed and tested.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
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Publisher:	IEEE
ISBN:	9781728176581
ISSN:	2474-2325
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	27 March 2021
Date of Acceptance:	6 November 2020
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2022 10:38
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/140143

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