A Lightweight Prototype of a Magnetometric System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Detection of the Earth’s magnetic field anomalies is the basis of many types of studies in the field of earth sciences and archaeology. These surveys require different ways to carry out the measures but they have in common that they can be very tiring or expensive. There are now several lightweight...
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| author | Antonino Pisciotta Giovanni Vitale Salvatore Scudero Raffaele Martorana Patrizia Capizzi Antonino D'Alessandro |
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| description | Detection of the Earth’s magnetic field anomalies is the basis of many types of studies in the field of earth sciences and archaeology. These surveys require different ways to carry out the measures but they have in common that they can be very tiring or expensive. There are now several lightweight commercially available magnetic sensors that allow light-UAVs to be equipped to perform airborne measurements for a wide range of scenarios. In this work, the realization and functioning of an airborne magnetometer prototype were presented and discussed. Tests and measures for the validation of the experimental setup for some applications were reported. The flight sessions, appropriately programmed for different types of measurements, made it possible to evaluate the performance of this detection methodology, highlighting the advantages and drawbacks or limitations and future developments. From the results obtained it was possible to verify that the measurement system is capable of carrying out local and potentially archaeological magnetometric measurements with the necessary precautions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d091e74d20c24f5fac8c7ffd0a1d0d572023-11-22T04:54:39ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202021-07-012114469110.3390/s21144691A Lightweight Prototype of a Magnetometric System for Unmanned Aerial VehiclesAntonino Pisciotta0Giovanni Vitale1Salvatore Scudero2Raffaele Martorana3Patrizia Capizzi4Antonino D'Alessandro5Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Palermo, 90146 Palermo, ItalyIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Osservatorio Nazionale Terremoti, 00143 Rome, ItalyIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Osservatorio Nazionale Terremoti, 00143 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Earth and Marine Sciences (DISTEM), Università degli Studi di Palermo, 90123 Palermo, ItalyDepartment of Earth and Marine Sciences (DISTEM), Università degli Studi di Palermo, 90123 Palermo, ItalyIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Osservatorio Nazionale Terremoti, 00143 Rome, ItalyDetection of the Earth’s magnetic field anomalies is the basis of many types of studies in the field of earth sciences and archaeology. These surveys require different ways to carry out the measures but they have in common that they can be very tiring or expensive. There are now several lightweight commercially available magnetic sensors that allow light-UAVs to be equipped to perform airborne measurements for a wide range of scenarios. In this work, the realization and functioning of an airborne magnetometer prototype were presented and discussed. Tests and measures for the validation of the experimental setup for some applications were reported. The flight sessions, appropriately programmed for different types of measurements, made it possible to evaluate the performance of this detection methodology, highlighting the advantages and drawbacks or limitations and future developments. From the results obtained it was possible to verify that the measurement system is capable of carrying out local and potentially archaeological magnetometric measurements with the necessary precautions.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/14/4691magnetometryUAVarchaeologyairborne magnetometercontrolling unit |
| spellingShingle | Antonino Pisciotta Giovanni Vitale Salvatore Scudero Raffaele Martorana Patrizia Capizzi Antonino D'Alessandro A Lightweight Prototype of a Magnetometric System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Sensors magnetometry UAV archaeology airborne magnetometer controlling unit |
| title | A Lightweight Prototype of a Magnetometric System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
| title_full | A Lightweight Prototype of a Magnetometric System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
| title_fullStr | A Lightweight Prototype of a Magnetometric System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Lightweight Prototype of a Magnetometric System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
| title_short | A Lightweight Prototype of a Magnetometric System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
| title_sort | lightweight prototype of a magnetometric system for unmanned aerial vehicles |
| topic | magnetometry UAV archaeology airborne magnetometer controlling unit |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/14/4691 |
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