Smart airships swarm and robotic ground electrical vehicles for environmental monitoring and surveillance

• Grant number: 16/50001-1
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: September 01, 2016 - August 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Industrial Electronics, Electronic Systems and Controls
• Mobility Program: SPRINT - Projetos de pesquisa - Mobilidade
• Principal Investigator: Ely Carneiro de Paiva
• Grantee: Ely Carneiro de Paiva
• Principal researcher abroad: Patricia A. Vargas
• Institution abroad: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Mecânica (FEM). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 14/02672-9 - Development of a robotic electrical vehicle with electronic differential, AP.R

Abstract

This project will investigate the design, calibration and testing of an integrated simulator of a multi-robot-system comprised of a "smart airships" swarm interacting with robotic ground electrical vehicles for environmental monitoring and surveillance. Such multi-robot-system can be used in the future to address a number of major problems and challenges that affect millions of people in Brazil, UK and worldwide: fire/deforestation, disasters/search and rescue, monitoring of remote access areas, animal herding, agriculture applications, and overall surveillance. The multi-robot-system simulator proposed in this project is the first step towards integrating a robotic ground electrical vehicle (under development, e.g. VERDE project*) and a swarm of "smart airships" (e.g. DRONI project*). (AU)