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CEAS EuroGNC 2022

Autonomous Solar-Powered Docking Station for the Unmanned Quadrotors
Robert Głębocki WUT Professor, Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, 00-665, Warsaw, Poland.
Antoni Kopyt Research and Teaching Assistant Professor, Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, 00-665, Warsaw, Poland.
Mariusz Jacewicz Research and Teaching Assistant, Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, 00-665, Warsaw, Poland.
Dawid Florczak Technical assistant, Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering, 00-665, Warsaw, Poland.
Abstract:
Renewable energy resources could be used to increase the unmanned quadrotors mission durability. In this paper, the research of the autonomous docking station powered by solar energy is presented. The configuration of the system prototype is described. The station is capable to operate continuously by months without human intervention. Experiments take place to investigate the energy harvesting process for two solar panels configuration: stationary and with dual-axis solar tracker. It was found that to maximize the amount of energy required for the system operation photo-voltaic modules combined with solar tracker should be used instead of fixed solar panels.
Keywords: Quadrotor; Solar Energy; Docking Station
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Robert Głębocki, Antoni Kopyt, Mariusz Jacewicz, Dawid Florczak: Autonomous Solar-Powered Docking Station for the Unmanned Quadrotors. Proceedings of the 2022 CEAS EuroGNC conference. Berlin, Germany. May 2022. CEAS-GNC-2022-078.
BibTeX entry:

@Incollection{CEAS-GNC-2022-078,
    authors = {G\l{}\k{e}bocki, Robert and Kopyt, Antoni and Jacewicz, Mariusz and Florczak, Dawid},
    title = {Autonomous Solar-Powered Docking Station for the Unmanned Quadrotors},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2022 {CEAS EuroGNC} conference},
    address = {Berlin, Germany},
    month = may,
    year = {2022},
    note = {CEAS-GNC-2022-078}
}