UAV proximity sensing

DroneSpeak™ definition of UAV proximity sensing

• measuring the distance between an unmanned aerial vehicle and an object, without physical contact of the object

Overview

• To be developed following this outline:
  • sonar-pulse distance sensing
  • light-pulse distance sensing
  • magnetic field change sensing
• See also:
  • UAV sensing system

Links

• 2015 July
  • LIDAR-Lite 360-degree mirror scanner
• 2015 June
  • High speed scanning laser weighs just 75g and measures over 100m
• 2015 May
  • Overhead power line detection at 60km/h using the SF30 laser
• 2015 March
  • Precision Landing w/ Pixhawk Quads: Update and Preview
  • Sense and Avoid “eBumper” available for IRIS+
  • Obstacle detection LRF takes 36000 readings per second and costs only US$350
• 2015 February
  • IR-LOCK Sensor for Precision Landing, etc
  • Laser for collision avoidance: 4000 readings per second, 120m range
  • Vision based positioning system for Drones
• 2015 January
  • Percepto – computer vision for drones
  • Cheap IR LIDAR Lite (90$)
  • Using LIDAR-Lite to sweep an arc for sense-and-avoid
• 2014 December
  • PyMaxBotix: A cross-platform Python package for reading from MaxBotix ulatrasonic distance sensors
• 2014 November
  • Wide angle laser beams for anti-collision
• 2014 September
  • IR-LOCK
• 2014 July
  • Adding optical flow to the mix
• 2014 June
  • SF10/A Laser Altimeter – range 60m, weight 31g
  • Basic Sonar-based Collision Avoidance for a Quadcopter
  • First Arduino radar shield
  • Lidar for the Masses?
• 2014 March
  • LIDAR-Lite, a cool $79 laser rangefinder for autolanding and terrain following, near crowdfunding target
• 2014 February
  • Give All the Robots Eyes to See! OpenMV.
• 2014 January
  • Your choice of distance/proximity sensor
• 2013 December
  • LIDAR for your smartphone
  • Turn your phone into a 3D scanner – and next your quadrotor
• 2013 September
  • Zebedee
• 2013 July
  • A cantenna RADAR kit
• 2013 February
  • Determining Altitude AGL Using Optical Flow