Paper Info
Title
A pocket sized foldable quadcopter for situational awareness and reconnaissance
Abstract
Flying robots are rapidly becoming an essential tool in search and rescue missions because they can rapidly gather information from inaccessible or unsafe locations, thus increasing safety and rapidity of interventions. With this aim, we present a pocket sized foldable quadcopter equipped with a camera. The drone is a portable and rugged “flying-eye” that aims to extend or move the field of view of the rescuer for situational awareness and safe reconnaissance. The quadcopter can be packaged for transportation by folding its arms and it self-deploys in a glimpse before usage. Its compliant foldable arms make it rugged, reducing the risk of failure after collisions. The drone is remotely operated and it can stream sound, thermal and visual images in real time to rescuers. The prototype of the foldable quadcopter is experimentally characterized and assessed in preliminary field tests.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1109/SSRR.2016.7784333
2016 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR)
Keywords
Field
DocType
pocket sized foldable quadcopter,situational awareness,reconnaissance,flying robots,search and rescue missions,camera,failure risk,thermal images,visual images
Search and rescue,Situation awareness,Computer science,Simulation,Quadcopter,Drone,Robot
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2374-3247
978-1-5090-4350-7
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.38
3
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
S Mintchev1688.43
Dario Floreano23400284.98