Mini-UAV Based Sensory System for Measuring Environmental Variables in Greenhouses
This paper describes the design, construction and validation of a mobile sensory platform for greenhouse monitoring. The complete system consists of a sensory system on board a small quadrotor (i.e., a four rotor mini-UAV). The goals of this system include taking measures of temperature, humidity,...
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| author | Juan Jesús Roldán Guillaume Joossen David Sanz Jaime del Cerro Antonio Barrientos |
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| description | This paper describes the design, construction and validation of a mobile sensory platform for greenhouse monitoring. The complete system consists of a sensory system on board a small quadrotor (i.e., a four rotor mini-UAV). The goals of this system include taking measures of temperature, humidity, luminosity and CO2 concentration and plotting maps of these variables. These features could potentially allow for climate control, crop monitoring or failure detection (e.g., a break in a plastic cover). The sensors have been selected by considering the climate and plant growth models and the requirements for their integration onboard the quadrotor. The sensors layout and placement have been determined through a study of quadrotor aerodynamics and the influence of the airflows from its rotors. All components of the system have been developed, integrated and tested through a set of field experiments in a real greenhouse. The primary contributions of this paper are the validation of the quadrotor as a platform for measuring environmental variables and the determination of the optimal location of sensors on a quadrotor. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7962fd32b0194bd3ad52ab9d09bd49122022-12-22T04:20:07ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202015-02-011523334335010.3390/s150203334s150203334Mini-UAV Based Sensory System for Measuring Environmental Variables in GreenhousesJuan Jesús Roldán0Guillaume Joossen1David Sanz2Jaime del Cerro3Antonio Barrientos4Centre for Automation and Robotics (UPM-CSIC), José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, SpainENSTA ParisTech, Boulevard des Maréchaux, 828, 91120 Palaiseau, FranceCentre for Automation and Robotics (UPM-CSIC), José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, SpainCentre for Automation and Robotics (UPM-CSIC), José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, SpainCentre for Automation and Robotics (UPM-CSIC), José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, SpainThis paper describes the design, construction and validation of a mobile sensory platform for greenhouse monitoring. The complete system consists of a sensory system on board a small quadrotor (i.e., a four rotor mini-UAV). The goals of this system include taking measures of temperature, humidity, luminosity and CO2 concentration and plotting maps of these variables. These features could potentially allow for climate control, crop monitoring or failure detection (e.g., a break in a plastic cover). The sensors have been selected by considering the climate and plant growth models and the requirements for their integration onboard the quadrotor. The sensors layout and placement have been determined through a study of quadrotor aerodynamics and the influence of the airflows from its rotors. All components of the system have been developed, integrated and tested through a set of field experiments in a real greenhouse. The primary contributions of this paper are the validation of the quadrotor as a platform for measuring environmental variables and the determination of the optimal location of sensors on a quadrotor.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/15/2/3334greenhouseUAVssensory systemenvironmental monitoringagriculturerobotics |
| spellingShingle | Juan Jesús Roldán Guillaume Joossen David Sanz Jaime del Cerro Antonio Barrientos Mini-UAV Based Sensory System for Measuring Environmental Variables in Greenhouses Sensors greenhouse UAVs sensory system environmental monitoring agriculture robotics |
| title | Mini-UAV Based Sensory System for Measuring Environmental Variables in Greenhouses |
| title_full | Mini-UAV Based Sensory System for Measuring Environmental Variables in Greenhouses |
| title_fullStr | Mini-UAV Based Sensory System for Measuring Environmental Variables in Greenhouses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mini-UAV Based Sensory System for Measuring Environmental Variables in Greenhouses |
| title_short | Mini-UAV Based Sensory System for Measuring Environmental Variables in Greenhouses |
| title_sort | mini uav based sensory system for measuring environmental variables in greenhouses |
| topic | greenhouse UAVs sensory system environmental monitoring agriculture robotics |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/15/2/3334 |
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