Design of a Wireless Drone Recharging Station and a Special Robot End Effector for Installation on a Power Line
Drone autonomous operations near power lines are growing steadily and require innovative techniques to keep them on air. This paper presents a novel electromechanical recharging station that can be mounted on energized AC power line to charge the drone battery wirelessly without a need to modify the...
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| author | Dario Stuhne Viet Duong Hoang Goran Vasiljevic Stjepan Bogdan Zdenko Kovacic Anibal Ollero Emad Samuel Malki Ebeid |
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| description | Drone autonomous operations near power lines are growing steadily and require innovative techniques to keep them on air. This paper presents a novel electromechanical recharging station that can be mounted on energized AC power line to charge the drone battery wirelessly without a need to modify the electrical infrastructure. The work shows a thorough analysis of the electrical and mechanical core components to build a flexible, lightweight and efficient recharging station that can be attached to a robotic arm. The work also discusses the recharging station design and its special robot end effector that mechanically couples the station with an aerial manipulator. Finally, the recharging station has been tested in the lab and in a real power line setup to validate its design and efficiency. The total achieved mass is 2300 grams with a harvesting efficiency of 77% at 250 A primary current. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f01acaa814e94b45ad881ff829941fa32022-12-22T03:12:45ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362022-01-0110887198873710.1109/ACCESS.2022.32013519866027Design of a Wireless Drone Recharging Station and a Special Robot End Effector for Installation on a Power LineDario Stuhne0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9922-018XViet Duong Hoang1Goran Vasiljevic2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8654-9680Stjepan Bogdan3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2636-3216Zdenko Kovacic4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3987-4576Anibal Ollero5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2155-2472Emad Samuel Malki Ebeid6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7847-149XLaboratory for Robotics and Intelligent Control Systems (LARICS), Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, CroatiaSDU UAS Centre, MMMI, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DenmarkLaboratory for Robotics and Intelligent Control Systems (LARICS), Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, CroatiaLaboratory for Robotics and Intelligent Control Systems (LARICS), Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, CroatiaLaboratory for Robotics and Intelligent Control Systems (LARICS), Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, CroatiaGRVC Robotics Laboratories, University of Seville, Camino de los Descubrimientos, Sevilla, SpainSDU UAS Centre, MMMI, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DenmarkDrone autonomous operations near power lines are growing steadily and require innovative techniques to keep them on air. This paper presents a novel electromechanical recharging station that can be mounted on energized AC power line to charge the drone battery wirelessly without a need to modify the electrical infrastructure. The work shows a thorough analysis of the electrical and mechanical core components to build a flexible, lightweight and efficient recharging station that can be attached to a robotic arm. The work also discusses the recharging station design and its special robot end effector that mechanically couples the station with an aerial manipulator. Finally, the recharging station has been tested in the lab and in a real power line setup to validate its design and efficiency. The total achieved mass is 2300 grams with a harvesting efficiency of 77% at 250 A primary current.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9866027/Recharging stationenergy harvestingdroneend effectorpower lineunmanned aerial vehicle |
| spellingShingle | Dario Stuhne Viet Duong Hoang Goran Vasiljevic Stjepan Bogdan Zdenko Kovacic Anibal Ollero Emad Samuel Malki Ebeid Design of a Wireless Drone Recharging Station and a Special Robot End Effector for Installation on a Power Line IEEE Access Recharging station energy harvesting drone end effector power line unmanned aerial vehicle |
| title | Design of a Wireless Drone Recharging Station and a Special Robot End Effector for Installation on a Power Line |
| title_full | Design of a Wireless Drone Recharging Station and a Special Robot End Effector for Installation on a Power Line |
| title_fullStr | Design of a Wireless Drone Recharging Station and a Special Robot End Effector for Installation on a Power Line |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design of a Wireless Drone Recharging Station and a Special Robot End Effector for Installation on a Power Line |
| title_short | Design of a Wireless Drone Recharging Station and a Special Robot End Effector for Installation on a Power Line |
| title_sort | design of a wireless drone recharging station and a special robot end effector for installation on a power line |
| topic | Recharging station energy harvesting drone end effector power line unmanned aerial vehicle |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9866027/ |
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