I-Corps: 3D Mapping and Monitoring using an Autonomous Kite UAV

I-Corps：使用自主风筝无人机进行 3D 测绘和监控

• 批准号: 1355360
• 负责人: Srikanth Saripalli
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-10-01 至 2014-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1355360&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; 3D; Mapping; Monitoring; using

The research team proposed to develop a tool for field geologists, golf-mapping industry and ecological monitoring, in which topography is mapped using cameras mounted on an auto-piloted Kite Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). These cameras could be visual, near-infrared or thermal or a combination of all of them. The system can generate high resolution ( 1 m) textured Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) that can be uploaded into Google Earth along with derived products such as hillshade and slope maps, providing user-friendly ways of monitoring and mapping. While there are currently a number of UAV technologies and 3D mapping products, this solution has the following features 1) Use of a cost-effective Kite platform that can be flown without any training 2) Multiple sensor integration capability i.e., integrating visual cameras with near-infrared and thermal cameras for enabling novel applications in the field of agricultural monitoring, ecological mapping and pipeline mapping 3) Integration with Google Earth and Maps for easy and effective planning and visualization. The tools that will be developed as part of the proposal will be intuitive and end-user oriented. This will enable UAVs to be used effectively for civilian purposes by non-air-qualified personnel.Cost-effective Unmanned Aerial Vehicles could change the way large areas are monitored: from crop monitoring to cattle monitoring to environmental protection. The tools that are developed as part of this project may enable these UAVs to be used effectively for civilian purposes. This could usher in a new era of inexpensive, cost-effective vehicles that can be used by farmers, agribusinesses, and mapping professionals, providing businesses with an unprecedented way of increasing the quality, reliability, and amount of information available to them.

研究小组提出了利用安装在自动驾驶的风筝无人驾驶飞行器（uav）上的摄像机绘制地形图，开发野外地质学家、高尔夫测绘产业、生态监测工具的方案。这些摄像头可以是可视的、近红外的、热成像的，也可以是所有这些摄像头的组合。该系统可以生成高分辨率（1米）纹理数字高程模型（dem），可以与衍生产品（如山阴图和坡度图）一起上传到谷歌Earth，提供用户友好的监测和制图方式。虽然目前有许多无人机技术和3D测绘产品，但该解决方案具有以下特点：1)使用成本效益高的风筝平台，无需任何训练即可飞行2)多传感器集成能力，即将视觉摄像机与近红外和热像仪集成在一起，以实现农业监测领域的新应用；3)与谷歌Earth and Maps集成，方便有效的规划和可视化。将作为提案的一部分开发的工具将是直观的和面向最终用户的。这将使无人机能够被非空气资格人员有效地用于民用目的。具有成本效益的无人机可以改变大面积监测的方式：从作物监测到牛群监测再到环境保护。作为该项目的一部分开发的工具可能使这些无人机能够有效地用于民用目的。这将开启一个价格低廉、成本效益高的交通工具的新时代，可供农民、农业综合企业和测绘专业人员使用，为企业提供一种前所未有的方式，提高他们可用信息的质量、可靠性和数量。