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A drone anti-collision system: maintaining a fixed distance from a target during the flight

drone,flight,uncertainty,infrared sensor

The purpose of this paper is the metrological
characterization of the infrared distance sensor Teraranger One,
developed and built by Terabee HQ, located in Saint Genis
Poully, near Geneve. The purpose of this project is to give to the
aircraft a frontal anticollision system based on the sensor in
question, with the additional functionality of maintaining a fixed
distance from the detected target. The control of the position in
the frontal direction is maintained through maneuvers of pitch,
which alter the relative height of the nose and the rear of the
aircraft, allowing the latter to advance or retreat. The controls
roll, yaw and throttle are not affected by this movement.
Therefore, to obtain the control using a distance sensor it is
sufficient that the latter is introduced in the control chain of the
only pitch channel. In this way, the other controls will still be
used, and their operation will be unaffected. It will therefore be
possible to move the drone along a wall maintaining a fixed
distance from it, with useful applications in isometric imaging or
the use of drones for inspection.