Deployment areas and challenges

Group 1

What are the main civil applications?

• survaillance
• broadcasting
• inspection
• agricultural and habitat monitoring
• documentation
• incident sites for insurances
• complement remote sensing
• drone follow me every day

multi UAV?

• distributed view
• different views of a site
• weather measurements / weather forecast / local and global view
• different grid size measurements
• basic infrastructure distribute device
• drop devices somewhere
• cannot be accessed, hazardous environments, leakage of gas.

Very few existing applications?

• survaillance
• military use
• fixed wing photogrametry
• MULTI UAV: Art installations: ARS electronica (100 UAVs), like a firework, 3D screen

What are the challenges in deploying an autonomous multi-UAV system in real-world?

• reliability
• system complexity
• flying close, positioning
• spacial and temporal callibration
• control via visual inputs only
• legal issues
• scalability in reality (large number of devices)
• how to know the local situation. how can all the others know the situation

What can the researchers and engineers do to improve public perception on UAVs?

• Arts
• Multiple views for Movies
• interactive 3D movies, viewer can choose view point in movie

Group 2

Group 2, Day 2

Group 3

What are the main non-military applications?

• inspection (e.g., photovoltaic systems, wind turbines)
• search/search and rescue operations
• mapping (e.g., 3D reconstruction of cities, construction sites)
• documentation (e.g., archeaological sites, construction work)
• monitoring (e.g., forest fire, wildlife)
• video and photography
• surveillance
• transportation of goods

• aspects
  • indoor/outdoor
  • single/multi UAVs
  • static/dynamic applications

Existing case studies, applications

• Skyeye environmental monitoring
• Sensefly animal observation, disaster management
• ddp energy Thermography inspection of solar modules
• Matternet Transportation using a network of UAVs
• Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) drones to monitor traffic

What are the challenges in deploying an autonomous multi-UAV system in real-world

• availablity of stable, reliable UAVs
• communication
• synchronization, proper real-time operating system for sensors, clock synchronization, low-jitter communication
• power (management, batteries, efficiency, recharging)
• legal issues, licensing
• social acceptance
• privacy
• safety
• security (theft of drones, manipulation, recovery of lost drones)

What can the researchers and engineers do to improve public perception of UAVs

• publishing - talk about it
  • public awareness for civil UAV applications
  • media coverage on non-horror stories
• drones in private/civil use
  • household applications (e.g., rooftop inspection)
  • rural area application
• develop methods which preserve privacy
  • keep actual images onboard and delete them after data extraction
  • see Privacy and Security in Video Surveillance