Vision-Less Sensing for Autonomous Micro-Drones
This work presents a concept of intelligent vision-less micro-drones, which are motivated by flying animals such as insects, birds, and bats. The presented micro-drone (named BAT: Blind Autonomous Tiny-drone) can perform bio-inspired complex tasks without the use of cameras. The BAT uses LIDARs and...
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| author | Simon Pikalov Elisha Azaria Shaya Sonnenberg Boaz Ben-Moshe Amos Azaria |
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| description | This work presents a concept of intelligent vision-less micro-drones, which are motivated by flying animals such as insects, birds, and bats. The presented micro-drone (named BAT: Blind Autonomous Tiny-drone) can perform bio-inspired complex tasks without the use of cameras. The BAT uses LIDARs and self-emitted optical-flow in order to perform obstacle avoiding and maze-solving. The controlling algorithms were implemented on an onboard micro-controller, allowing the BAT to be fully autonomous. We further present a method for using the information collected by the drone to generate a detailed mapping of the environment. A complete model of the BAT was implemented and tested using several scenarios both in simulation and field experiments, in which it was able to explore and map complex building autonomously even in total darkness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8bdb8d2339f04aab96830a5ca37e21342023-11-22T09:37:20ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202021-08-012116529310.3390/s21165293Vision-Less Sensing for Autonomous Micro-DronesSimon Pikalov0Elisha Azaria1Shaya Sonnenberg2Boaz Ben-Moshe3Amos Azaria4Computer Science Department, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, IsraelComputer Science Department, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, IsraelComputer Science Department, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, IsraelComputer Science Department, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, IsraelComputer Science Department, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, IsraelThis work presents a concept of intelligent vision-less micro-drones, which are motivated by flying animals such as insects, birds, and bats. The presented micro-drone (named BAT: Blind Autonomous Tiny-drone) can perform bio-inspired complex tasks without the use of cameras. The BAT uses LIDARs and self-emitted optical-flow in order to perform obstacle avoiding and maze-solving. The controlling algorithms were implemented on an onboard micro-controller, allowing the BAT to be fully autonomous. We further present a method for using the information collected by the drone to generate a detailed mapping of the environment. A complete model of the BAT was implemented and tested using several scenarios both in simulation and field experiments, in which it was able to explore and map complex building autonomously even in total darkness.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/16/5293autonomous micro-dronessensor fusionindoor mappingbio-inspired micro-robotics |
| spellingShingle | Simon Pikalov Elisha Azaria Shaya Sonnenberg Boaz Ben-Moshe Amos Azaria Vision-Less Sensing for Autonomous Micro-Drones Sensors autonomous micro-drones sensor fusion indoor mapping bio-inspired micro-robotics |
| title | Vision-Less Sensing for Autonomous Micro-Drones |
| title_full | Vision-Less Sensing for Autonomous Micro-Drones |
| title_fullStr | Vision-Less Sensing for Autonomous Micro-Drones |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vision-Less Sensing for Autonomous Micro-Drones |
| title_short | Vision-Less Sensing for Autonomous Micro-Drones |
| title_sort | vision less sensing for autonomous micro drones |
| topic | autonomous micro-drones sensor fusion indoor mapping bio-inspired micro-robotics |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/16/5293 |
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