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Developing Reactive Distributed Aerial Robotics Platforms For Real-Time Contaminant Mapping, Joshua Ashley
Developing Reactive Distributed Aerial Robotics Platforms For Real-Time Contaminant Mapping, Joshua Ashley
Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering
The focus of this research is to design a sensor data aggregation system and centralized sensor-driven trajectory planning algorithm for fixed-wing aircraft to optimally assist atmospheric simulators in mapping the local environment in real-time. The proposed application of this work is to be used in the event of a hazardous contaminant leak into the atmosphere as a fleet of sensing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) could provide valuable information for evacuation measures. The data aggregation system was designed using a state-of-the-art networking protocol and radio with DigiMesh and a process/data management system in the ROS2 DDS. This system was tested to …