radiation Mapping UAV

Next generation radiation mapping using UAS assisted dynamic monitoring networks

Sensors

Survey about the properties and utilisation of a range of proximity sensors

• Ultrasonic Devantech SRF02
• Laser sensor PulsedLight LIDAR-lite
• Infra red Sharp GP2Y0A02YK0F
• Optical flow sensor px4flow smart camera
• Mapping and proximity application based on the laser sensor

Human Robot Interaction

Development of iOS apps to improve human robot interaction and radiation mapping

• iRadiation app (radiation mapping application)
• iOS_ROS (control a ROS-enabled UAV)

Simulation

Development of an assisted teleoperation fligh mode using ROS, gazebo and hector quad-rotor UAV simulator.

Real UAV

Real UAV obstacle avoidance behaviour by implementing two approaches.

Documentation

Documents (pdf) related with the activities and development of this project.

Videos

Videos related with the project's experiments can be found in: goo.gl/JyTzGp

Author & Developer

Angelos Plastropoulos

Supervisor

Dr Thomas B. Scott

Credits

This project has been developed with the support of the following organizations:

• Interface Analysis Centre (IAC) at Bristol University
• Bristol Robotics Lab (BRL) at University of West England (UWE)