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    This document discusses using hovering VTOL drones equipped with sensors for 3D surveying and mapping. VTOL drones can fly slower and at lower altitudes than fixed-wing drones, allowing them to precisely map 3D features, volumes, and monitor the same locations over time. By combining precise 3D flight with SLAM and new lightweight sensors, drones can perform real-time 3D mapping of structures, caves, forest canopies, and more. Alternative sensors discussed include acoustic mapping, air sampling, radiation sampling, and deploying virtual observation towers anywhere needed.

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    This document discusses using hovering VTOL drones equipped with sensors for 3D surveying and mapping. VTOL drones can fly slower and at lower altitudes than fixed-wing drones, allowing them to precisely map 3D features, volumes, and monitor the same locations over time. By combining precise 3D flight with SLAM and new lightweight sensors, drones can perform real-time 3D mapping of structures, caves, forest canopies, and more. Alternative sensors discussed include acoustic mapping, air sampling, radiation sampling, and deploying virtual observation towers anywhere needed.

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    3D Drone Surveying

    Todd Stellanova
    todd@droneflow.com

    Droneflow
    Current Drone Surveys
    • You see a lot of fixed wings
    (planes) covering farms and
    forests

    • Flying relatively high and fast


    (planes have a high minimum
    stall speed)

    • Great for covering lots of area


    because they move so fast

    • Basically 2D with some ability


    to extract 3D information
    The Problem
    • What if you need to cover a smaller volume in much
    greater detail?

    • What if you want to use special sensors that require


    slower flight?

    • What if you need to map 3D features such as cliff


    sides, caves, lava tubes, sinkholes, forest canopy
    structures?

    • What if you want to monitor the same spot over and


    over at altitude?
    Hovering VTOL Drones
    • Copters / multirotors

    • Able to cover 3D volumes with


    precise flight control

    • Able to move at a speed you


    dictate— no minimum stall
    speed

    • Many sizes/payloads
    3D Mapping

    Precise 3D flight control

    + S.L.A.M.

    + New lightweight sensors

    = Real-time 3D mapping
    SLAM:
    Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
    • Real-time mapping of
    the drone’s
    environment

    • Can be used for


    collision avoidance
    without a priori
    knowledge of the
    environment

    • Indoors: Visible+IR
    (Kinect), Outdoors:
    Sonar, Lidar, SFM
    Google self-driving car uses SLAM with LIDAR and CV
    Alternative Sensors
    Take advantage of flying low and slow
    Acoustic Mapping
    • Flying low and slow
    means you can
    record & map sounds

    • Copter acoustic
    signature is fairly
    consistent (~4kHz),
    easy to filter out

    • Recurring population
    surveys
    Air Sampling
    • Samples of air from
    specific altitudes with
    timestamps, temp,
    pressure, humidity…

    • Gases (e.g. SOx, NOx)

    • Microorganisms

    • Realtime analysis or
    sample and analyze later
    Radiation Sampling
    • Fly compact geiger counters over
    dynamically changing landscapes

    • Monitor EMF signatures at the same time


    Virtual
    Observation
    Tower
    Deploy a variable-height
    observation platform
    wherever you need it
    A Tower Where You Need
    It
    • Dronehaus monitoring stations could be deployed anywhere
    Q&A

    todd@droneflow.com

    Droneflow

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