#AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM VERIFICATION#

In addition, Alibaba in China is developing drones for logistics delivery and plans to use them in mountainous and island areas in the future. For example, a German international express delivery company, DHL, is working on a project to deliver drugs with drones. In the past, they were developed and used for military purposes, but, nowadays they are used in various environments such as agriculture, distribution, logistics, and construction. Hence, their fields of use are expanding to various fields. Recently, UAVs are becoming smaller and more intelligent, and UAVs play a very important role in the Internet of Things (IoTs). Through the proposed simulation platform, it is possible to train ML-based path planning algorithms in a realistic environment that takes into account the physical characteristics of UAV movements.

#AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM VERIFICATION#

We also built an autonomous flight training and verification platform.

To further improve this, we developed Fisheye HVIN, which applied an adaptive map compression ratio according to the drone’s location. Specifically, we devised Multi-Layer HVIN (Hierarchical VIN) methods that increase the area applicable to autonomous flight by overlaying multiple layers. Unlike other studies, the proposed mechanism could enable autonomous drone path finding over a large target area without size limitations, one of the challenges of ML-based autonomous flight or driving in the real world. Especially, many ML-based (Machine-Learning-based) methods have been proposed for autonomous path finding. Responding to such requirements, there have been various studies and algorithms developed for autonomous flight systems. In particular, there is a need for the development of an autonomous system in which a drone can determine and accomplish its mission even in the absence of remote control from a GCS (Ground Control Station). Drone-related techniques need to evolve along with this change.

The range is further expected to increase. Especially, UAVs are currently used not only in military fields but also in various private sectors such as IT, agriculture, logistics, construction, etc. Recently, as UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) have become smaller and higher-performance, they play a very important role in the Internet of Things (IoT).

Autonomous flight control system