Survey of Autonomous Drone Hangars – Opportunities and Challenges for Maritime Platforms

7 pages•Published: January 5, 2024

Jeffrey Knitter, Daniel Lai, Luke Baxter, Nirman Jayarathne and Sam De Vincentis

Abstract

Over the last 5 years multi-rotor drones have taken off as completely autonomous vehicles able to patrol, photograph, and inspect large campuses and infrastructure. Drone hangars allow drones to complete the entire mission cycle autonomously. Drones paired with a hangar can be left in place to periodically patrol a perimeter or can act as a station which drones can be dispatched to carry out missions remotely. Separately, advancements in image recognition and drone flight computers make it possible for multi-rotor drones to land on moving targets. Combining these two technologies would allow drones to operate autonomously from vessels. Applications include automating hull inspections, performing logistics tasks, or creating mobile drone carriers. Drone hangars on moving platforms have yet to be implemented but are feasible with current technology.

Keyphrases: defence, drones, ship landing

In: G. Reza Emad and Aditi Kataria (editors). Proceedings of the International Conference on Maritime Autonomy and Remote Navigation 2023, vol 2, pages 81-87.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/FnjX
	https://doi.org/10.29007/nxbz

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ICMARNAV2023:Survey_Autonomous_Drone_Hangars,
  author    = {Jeffrey Knitter and Daniel Lai and Luke Baxter and Nirman Jayarathne and Sam De Vincentis},
  title     = {Survey of Autonomous Drone Hangars – Opportunities and Challenges for Maritime Platforms},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Maritime Autonomy and Remote Navigation 2023},
  editor    = {G. Reza Emad and Aditi Kataria},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Technology},
  volume    = {2},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2516-2322},
  url       = {/publications/paper/FnjX},
  doi       = {10.29007/nxbz},
  pages     = {81-87},
  year      = {2024}}

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