Forest fire detection with a small fixed wing autonomous aerial vehicle

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2007

Authors

Martins, A (Author) Other; Almeida, J (Author) Other; Almeida, C (Author) Other; Figueiredo, A (Author) Other; Filipe Neves Santos (Author) FCUP; Bento, D (Author) Other; Silva, H (Author) Other; E. Pereira da Silva (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Pages: 168-173

6th IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles, IAV2007

Toulouse, 3 September 2007 through 5 September 2007

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Scopus - 6 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-007-ZGQ

DOI: 10.3182/20070903-3-fr-2921.00031

Abstract (EN): In this work a forest fire detection solution using small autonomous aerial vehicles is proposed. The FALCOS unmanned aerial vehicle developed for remote-monitoring purposes is described. This is a small size UAV with onboard vision processing and autonomous flight capabilities. A set of custom developed navigation sensors was developed for the vehicle. Fire detection is performed through the use of low cost digital cameras and near-infrared sensors. Test results for navigation and ignition detection in real scenario are presented.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific