| Tobias Islam |
Chief Engineer, RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Flight System Dynamics, 52062, Aachen, Germany. | | Sebastian Seitz |
Chief Engineer, RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Flight System Dynamics, 52062, Aachen, Germany. | | Dieter Moormann |
Head of Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Flight System Dynamics, 52062, Aachen, Germany. |
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| Abstract:
An efficient mission generation and dispatching method was developed for a highly automated Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone flight campaign conducted in Saxony, Germany, involving the aerial photography of numerous agricultural fields. The methodology incorporates a post-smoothed A* algorithm for path planning to ensure time-efficient routes of up to four tilt-wing aircraft flying in parallel, while taking into account aircraft specific range limitations and velocity constraints imposed by the flight geography. The dispatching method is based on a Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) formulation and includes the identification of suitable take-off and landing regions within the flight geography. The proposed system provides a solution for efficient mission planning, even in flight geographies with variable speed limits, thereby improving the overall operational effectiveness of BVLOS drone missions.
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