Autonomous Drone Disinfection for COVID-19

针对 COVID-19 的自主无人机消毒

• 批准号: 71630
• 金额: $ 6.12万
• 依托单位: UNMANNED SYSTEMS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=71630
• 关键词: Autonomous; Drone; Disinfection; COVID; 19

Unmanned Life deploys autonomous missions for various industry 4.0 use cases, through its hardware-agnostic SaaS platform for Autonomy-as-a-Service, that can control a swarm of drones or a fleet of mixed autonomous robots such as drones and ground vehicles, to complete complex autonomous tasks collaboratively. The Unmanned Life platform is flexible, scalable and can be deployed for multiple use cases across various sectors such as public safety, Industry 4.0 and supply chain and logistics. Unmanned Life has already deployed this platform with major Fortune 500 partners and customers worldwide in the postal and logistics sector. We wish to translate this know-how into the current emergency state of tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. Public spaces and hospitals are hotspots for contracting Covid-19 resulting in a quicker contraction of the virus. As the virus can survive from several hours up to several days on specific surfaces based on the report by WHO, 8th Apr 2020, it has become important to disinfect these areas preventing the virus from spreading. Currently all disinfection operations are carried out manually requiring human labour. The disinfection process consists of complex steps dangerous to workers, lengthy and time-consuming, and lacks accuracy as well as scalability for larger public indoor and outdoor areas. Unmanned Life (UML) is proposing the deployment of autonomous disinfection swarm of drones controlled by its highly interoperable Autonomy-as-a-Service software platform able to disinfect public areas precisely and in a short time. Autonomous drones equipped with spraying systems remotely controlled from a control centre work as unified swarms indoors and outdoors disinfecting places like buildings, benches and other public community spaces while indoor drones installed with UVC lights disinfect indoor surfaces of hospitals on a continuous basis. Depending on the type of drone, each drone carries a different payload of equipment needed for the disinfection. Real-time monitoring from the control centre is enabled by the video camera and streaming system installed on the drones. Colour zone-mapping from the cameras indicates the historical data of the treated areas. Our software platform integrates with existing information systems providing critical insights to both the control centre and citizens. This new solution will establish the UK Emergency Response sector, as a model for worldwide adoption.

无人生活通过其与硬件无关的自主即服务SaaS平台，为各种行业4.0用例部署自主任务，该平台可以控制一群无人机或一支混合自主机器人车队，如无人机和地面车辆，以协作完成复杂的自主任务。无人生活平台灵活、可扩展，可以部署在公共安全、工业4.0以及供应链和物流等不同行业的多种用例中。无人人寿已经在邮政和物流领域与财富500强的主要合作伙伴和全球客户部署了这一平台。我们希望将这一诀窍转化为当前应对新冠肺炎大流行的紧急状态。公共场所和医院是感染新冠肺炎的高发地，导致病毒传播更快。根据世卫组织2020年4月8日的报告，由于病毒可以在特定表面上存活数小时至数天，因此对这些区域进行消毒以防止病毒传播变得重要。目前，所有消毒作业都是人工进行的，需要人力。消毒过程由复杂的步骤组成，对工作人员来说是危险的，既漫长又耗时，而且缺乏对较大的公共室内和室外区域的准确性和可扩展性。无人生活(UML)提议部署由其高度可互操作的自主即服务软件平台控制的无人机自主消毒群，该软件平台能够在短时间内准确消毒公共区域。配备了从控制中心远程控制的喷雾系统的自动无人机作为统一的蜂群在室内和室外对建筑物、长凳和其他公共社区空间等场所进行消毒，而安装了UVC灯的室内无人机则连续对医院的室内表面进行消毒。根据无人机的类型，每架无人机携带不同的消毒所需设备的有效载荷。安装在无人机上的摄像机和流媒体系统使控制中心的实时监控成为可能。摄像机的彩色分区图显示了处理区的历史数据。我们的软件平台与现有的信息系统相结合，为控制中心和市民提供重要的见解。这一新的解决方案将建立英国应急部门，作为全球采用的典范。