APLAUSE - Automated Precision Loading And Unloading System Environment

APLAUSE - 自动化精密上下料系统环境

• 批准号: 10004450
• 金额: $ 33.75万
• 依托单位: DIGITAL & FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10004450
• 关键词: APLAUSE; Automated; Precision; Loading; Unloading

The APLAUSE project focuses on the emerging UAV drone delivery market.The project looks to build on our engineering works to support Unmanned Air Vehicles during the COVID-19 pandemic for the NHS.We have been working with the NHS, flying UAV's carrying COVID-19 samples, PPE and other biological agents between pathology labs and hospitals.APLAUSE takes these works and looks to build automated loading and unloading systems for UAV's, providing a new man to machine interface.UAV's are inherently dangerous. At the moment they are manually flown by pilots at each end of the flight. Landing is a manual operation and the loading/unloading phase only happens when pilot calls out that all is clear. This is a commitment the pilot has to do as detailed in their operations manual as approved by the CAA.Our vision for the project it to take the learnings from our previous endeavours working with our partners within the NHS and create and automated loading and unloading system for UAV's that will stand the test of time and allow us to work with the CAA as they move from manual control of UAV's through to automatic, where one pilot flies the UAV remotely all the way and then on to autonomous mode where one pilot is overseeing 15 UAV's in flight at any one time.Our key objectives are to build a working demonstrator system, funded with help from the public purse, that enables us to demonstrate how a UAV may unload and load new cargo, whilst operating within a closed aviation environment. By doing this we will be propelling the UK forward as a country with innovative solutions for the UAV industry with a focus on parcel delivery solutions.Our main area of focus is on the loading and unloading of goods and power sources on to UAV's to enable remote operated parcel delivery flights to be fully automated. We need to create a safe environment to automate the loading and unloading of UAV's that complies to aviation and commercial needs and regulations.APLAUSE is innovative as it builds on our initial UAV flights, made under COVID-19, utilises the opportunity that the CAA has afforded us,with regards flying in a pandemic, and takes a significant step forward for the UK UAV and robotics industries alike, building a solution that can be adapted to changes in UAV airframe and commercial context alike.

APLAUSE项目专注于新兴的无人机无人机交付市场。该项目希望建立在我们的工程工作的基础上，以支持NHS在COVID-19大流行期间的无人机。我们一直与NHS合作，在病理实验室和医院之间飞行无人机携带COVID-19样本，PPE和其他生物制剂。APLAUSE利用这些工作，并希望为无人机建立自动装卸系统，提供了一种新的人机界面。无人机本身就很危险。目前，它们由飞行员在飞行的两端手动飞行。着陆是手动操作，只有当飞行员呼叫一切安全时，装载/卸载阶段才会发生。这是飞行员必须在CAA批准的操作手册中详细说明的承诺。我们对该项目的愿景是从我们以前与NHS合作伙伴的努力中吸取经验教训，为无人机创建自动装卸系统，该系统将经得起时间的考验，并允许我们与CAA合作，因为他们从无人机的手动控制转向自动控制，一名飞行员全程遥控无人机，然后进入自主模式，一名飞行员同时监督15架飞行中的无人机。我们的主要目标是建立一个工作演示系统，由公共资金资助，使我们能够演示无人机如何卸载和装载新货物，同时在封闭的航空环境中运行。通过这样做，我们将推动英国成为一个为无人机行业提供创新解决方案的国家，专注于包裹递送解决方案。我们的主要关注领域是无人机上货物的装卸和电源，使远程操作的包裹递送航班能够完全自动化。我们需要创造一个安全的环境，以自动化无人机的装载和卸载，符合航空和商业需求和法规。APLAUSE是创新的，因为它建立在我们在COVID-19下进行的最初无人机飞行的基础上，利用CAA为我们提供的关于在大流行病中飞行的机会，并为英国无人机和机器人行业迈出了重要的一步，建立一个能够适应无人机机身和商业环境变化的解决方案。