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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Precision Landing Tests of Tethered Multicopter and VTOL UAV on Moving Landing Pad on a Lake.

Cezary Kownacki, Leszek Ambroziak, Maciej Ciężkowski, Adam Wolniakowski, Sławomir Romaniuk, Arkadiusz Bożko, Daniel Ołdziej

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
11.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cezary KownackiRobotics and Mechatronics Department, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska St. 45C, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-0968-8211
Leszek AmbroziakRobotics and Mechatronics Department, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska St. 45C, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7612-768X
Maciej CiężkowskiAutomatic Control and Robotics Department, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska St. 45C, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2923-978X
Adam WolniakowskiAutomatic Control and Robotics Department, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska St. 45C, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1698-1870
Sławomir RomaniukAutomatic Control and Robotics Department, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska St. 45C, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4314-8887
Arkadiusz BożkoRobotics and Mechatronics Department, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska St. 45C, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3336-0315
Daniel OłdziejRobotics and Mechatronics Department, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska St. 45C, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5412-4752
Bialystok University of Technology · PL

Funding

Bialystok University of Technology WZ/WE-IA/4/2020Bialystok University of Technology WZ/WM-IIM/2/2022National Center of Research and Development, Poland POIR.04.01.04-00-0025/16
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autonomous take-off and landing on a moving landing pad are extraordinarily complex and challenging functionalities of modern UAVs, especially if they must be performed in windy environments. The article presents research focused on achieving such functionalities for two kinds of UAVs, i.e., a tethered multicopter and VTOL. Both vehicles are supported by a landing pad navigation station, which communicates with their ROS-based onboard computer. The computer integrates navigational data from the UAV and the landing pad navigational station through the utilization of an extended Kalman filter, which is a typical approach in such applications. The novelty of the presented system is extending navigational data with data from the ultra wide band (UWB) system, and this makes it possible to achieve a landing accuracy of about 1 m. In the research, landing tests were carried out in real conditions on a lake for both UAVs. In the tests, a special mobile landing pad was built and based on a barge. The results show that the expected accuracy of 1 m is indeed achieved, and both UAVs are ready to be tested in real conditions on a ferry.

Indexed as

autonomous take-off and landingmobile landing padposition trackingprecision landingtethered multicopterVTOL UAV

Identifiers

PMID36850613
PMCPMC9964198
OpenAlexW4320494188

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