使用固定翼垂直起降 (VTOL) 无人驾驶飞行器进行空中马射线测绘
Ewan Woodbridge1, Dean T Connor1,2, Yannick Verbelen1
1H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Interface Analysis Centre, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Frontiers in robotics and AI
|July 14, 2023
概括
一种新的固定翼垂直起降 (VTOL) 无人机 (UAV) 集成了辐射映射传感器. 这种混合无人机提供了更长的航程和飞行时间,以进行具有成本效益的空中辐射调查.
科学领域:
- 地质物理学 地质物理学
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
背景情况:
- 无人机 (UAV) 越来越多地用于空中辐射测绘,与载人飞机相比,它具有成本效益和较低的高度调查.
- 现有的多旋翼无人机的飞行时间和航程有限,而固定翼无人机则需要特定的起飞和着陆设施.
- 需要一种多功能无人机解决方案,将多旋翼和固定翼设计的优点结合起来,用于辐射测绘.
研究的目的:
- 引入和评估第一个固定翼垂直起降 (VTOL) 无人机 (UAV) 系统,配备用于辐射测绘.
- 为了证明这种新的VTOL无人机在传统矿场中测量放射性核酸分布的实际应用.
- 将VTOL无人机辐射测绘系统的性能与现有的多旋转机和载人飞机方法进行比较.
主要方法:
- 开发一个辐射测绘有效载荷,集成化 (CsI) 闪器和 Telluride (CZT) 半导体光谱仪.
- 商用WingtraOne固定翼VTOL无人机的增强,使用开发的辐射检测系统.
- 在英国南特拉斯遗留的矿周围对放射性核素分布进行案例研究调查.
主要成果:
- 成功实施和演示固定翼VTOL无人机用于空载马射线光谱.
- 详细地图的放射性核酸分布在南特拉斯的矿工地.
- 与之前的调查相比,对VTOL无人机的有效性进行了比较分析.
结论:
- 开发的固定翼VTOL无人机为空中辐射测绘提供了灵活和高效的平台.
- 这项技术提供了一个可行的妥协,克服了多旋翼无人机的范围限制和固定翼无人机的基础设施要求.
- 该系统适用于核事故应对和采矿区环境调查等应用.
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