DRONES EN TOEPASSINGEN

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1 17/11/2017 DRONES EN TOEPASSINGEN PREBES 16TH NOV 2017, BOOM KOEN MEULEMAN 1

2 UAV/UAS, DRONES NO! RPAS (REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS, EVEN AN AIRCRAFT ICAO, 28/08/2012 An aircraft (wing or rotor) without an human pilot on board. Its flight is either controlled automatically by computers in the vehicle, or under the remote control of a pilot on the ground. 3 WHAT MAKES A DRONE: COMPONENTS OF A DRONE (UAV, RPAS, ) Platform, C&C, Autopilot, RadioLink, Payload, Pilot(!) 4 2

3 TYPES OF DRONES: ONE DRONE FOR ALL APPLICATIONS?? Easier to control VTOL Drone 5 BACK TO VITO AND WHERE ITALL STARTED HALE UAV (High Altitude, Long Endurance) Permission granted to perform test flight in Beligum (Bertrix)» Pegasus concept proposed in 2000 by VITO» Mercator platform + payloads» Solar HALE UAV» 20 m wingspan, 50 kg» Mapping and Environmental monitoring» Custom payloads Medusa» 20 cm from 18 altitude 6 3

4 VITO OPERATIONS: VLOS SYSTEMS Aerialtronics Zenith ATX-8 Mutiple payload possiblities Oktocopter UAS Diameter: 105 cm Height: 42 cm. Helicopter weight 1,5 kg Maximum payload capacity of 2000g 7 Endurance: min IMAGES FOR A MULTICOPTER FLIGHT 8 4

5 VITO OPERATIONS: V/BLOS SYSTEMS Complete of the shelf SYSTEMS for orthophoto production Oktocopter UAS Diameter: 105 cm Height: 42 cm. Helicopter weight 1,5 kg Maximum payload capacity of 2000g 9 Endurance: min Oculus platform UAV up to 45 kg MTOW Payload: up to 5 kg Wingspan: 380cm Length: 280cm Endurance: 4-5 hours Transponder Mode-S and ADS-B Navigation lights Parachute system 5

6 11 WHAT BRINGS THE (NEAR) FUTURE?? SOME SUGGESTIONS 12 6

7 IN THE NEAR FUTURE» Drones in all forms and sizes from a few (g till thousands of kgs)» Drones hovering everywhere, low to the ground till very high in the skies» Drones fly further, beyond the line of sight of the pilot and radio» Drone fly autonomously, no more pilots needed 13 THE (NEAR) FUTURE Some examples, which might influence or lives already tomorrow 14 7

8 THE (NEAR) FUTURE Person Transport via Automated Drones: Ehang (CH/Dubai) demo 07/17 Dubai 15 THE (NEAR) FUTURE THE FUTURE AS AIRBUS SEES IT

9 HALE PLATFORMS - NEXT STEP VITO (Medusa) /Google/Facebook: Mapping/Environmentlal Monitoring Telecommunications 4G/Internet 17 HOWEVER, IT S NOTABOUTTHE DRONES BUT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH IT THE SUCCES OF THE DRONES WILLDEPEND ON ITS APPLICATIONS 18 9

10 LIST OF APPLICATION FIELDS IS ENDLESS. List of domains for which VITO uses Drones/RPAS:» RGB/CIR orthophoto DTM/DSM: mapping and volume calculation» Agriculture precision farming» Water quality monitoring» Infrastructure inspection: windmills, flares» Security and real-time monitoring» Coastal monitoring and security issues» Police, Fire-brigade, Governmental,...» Air quality monitoring: demo black carbon, NO2, D RECONSTRUCTION CASTLE HORST - REFERENCE IMAGE BEFORE RESTAURATION 20 10

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15 INFRASTRUCTURE INSPECTION (WINDMILL) INSPECTION 29 INDUSTRIËLE INSPECTIE EN INFRASTRUCTUUR: 30 15

16 17/11/2017 UAV s for agricultural monitoring» Parcel monitoring» Plant growth monitoring» Observation of fruit tree flowering UAV s for agricultural monitoring» Parcel monitoring» Diseases and pests 16

17 UAV s for agricultural monitoring» Using Multi- hyperspectrale sensors» Providing information on leaf properties, water content, TL5 17

18 Slide 33 TL5 nog RGB beeld van aardeien? Tits, Laurent; 15/10/2015

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21 AIR-QUALITY MONITORING/OBSERVATIONS Air-quality measurements and (realtime transmission) of measurements results through GPRS network 40 20

22 17/11/2017 Camera development A novel imager concept based on imec chip COSI-CAM specs (@150m) Image size 2048 x 1088 Swath 180 m Resolution 9 cm Spectral range Spectral resolution Data storage Mass nm nm (in prep.) 5-10 nm (90 bands) On-board 500 g The stand-alone configuration 21

23 WHAT HAPPENS OUTSIDE VITO? 43 CONSUMER GOODS DELIVERY 44 22

24 DANGEROUS DRONES!!!!! Drone Shot gun 45 VIDEO/FILM INDUSTRIE (MADE IN BELGIUM) 46 23

25 FLAPPING WING DRONES: BIRD SCARING Flapping wing drone bird for bird scaring: airports, agriculture, Got investment of 1.6 M 47 DRONES: DREAM OR REALITY? Drones are here to STAY!!! BUT have some challenges ahead

26 LEGAL FRAMEWORK Legal framework is COMPLEX - drones are part of Air Law and NOT considered as tools 49 LEGAL FRAMEWORK Legal framework is complex as drones are part of Air Law and NOT considered as tools» Example: Belgain legal frame work» Law published April 2016 / Limited airspace and height/extensive training end education 50 25

27 PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE: PRIVACY, SECURITY, Privacy rules must be respected and will be key to the success of drones in our western societies 51 BENEFIT: SOCIETAL, FINANCIAL, Drones will only be succesful if the can offer a considerable ecnonomic or societal benefit» Flare inspections by drones saves several > 10k» Increased Safety 52 26

28 CHALLENGES AHEAD Some more Challenges ahead:» Not a stand-alone technology: must fit into and be scalable into a (existing) process,» Safety: Reliabilty, lack of standards, 53 CHALLENGES AHEAD Some more Challenges ahead:» Integration of drones into the existing airspace and air traffic management:» VITO Spin-off Unifly created in August 2015» Pioneer in what s called UTM (Unmanned Traffic Management) U-space» Succesful captial rounds for in total 6 M» Leading European company in its branch» Employing 25 + people 54 27

29 THE EUROPEAN U-SPACE CONCEPT 55 PROBLEM STATEMENT AND SOLUTION AND VISION 56 28

30 LAUNCHPAD - APP CAN I FLY HERE? 29

31 Thanks for your attention!! Q&A Koen Meuleman 30