The application fields of modern Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), such as light Remotely Piloted Systems, are moving from military fields to a wide range of civilian applications. These platforms embed several sensors that enable the use of UAVs as remote measurement systems. This paper deals with a survey of measurement applications based on UAV. In the first part, several classifications of UAVs are reported. Then, the architectural overview of a quadrotor UAV and several examples of measurement systems embedded on drone for indoor and outdoor navigation are described. In the last part, a review of civilian applications using the drone as remote measurement system is presented and discussed. © 2015 IEEE.
Metrology for drone and drone for metrology: measurement systems on small civilian drones
Daponte P;De Vito L;Sergio Rapuano;
2015-01-01
Abstract
The application fields of modern Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), such as light Remotely Piloted Systems, are moving from military fields to a wide range of civilian applications. These platforms embed several sensors that enable the use of UAVs as remote measurement systems. This paper deals with a survey of measurement applications based on UAV. In the first part, several classifications of UAVs are reported. Then, the architectural overview of a quadrotor UAV and several examples of measurement systems embedded on drone for indoor and outdoor navigation are described. In the last part, a review of civilian applications using the drone as remote measurement system is presented and discussed. © 2015 IEEE.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
