Autonomous aerial survey platform

Abstract

The project explores the concept of developing an autonomous aerial survey drone with the ability to conduct an efficient and high-resolution survey using a minimum level of human involvement. The system combines with powerful navigation and mission planning algorithms to provide feasible information gathering across various terrains. The drone can operate according to predefined survey patterns, dynamic environments. It can autonomously control data collection, storage and transmission using onboard real time optimization for post processing. The results of the survey are anonymized imagery and multi sensor data that can be used in surveying and fast evaluation in fields like agriculture, infrastructure inspection, disaster response and environmental monitoring. The project focuses on safety, reliability, and scalability. Whereby the survey operations can be repeated at a low cost and used in decision support and continuous monitoring.