An embodiment provides unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for infrastructure surveillance and monitoring. One example includes monitoring power grid components such as high voltage power lines. The UAVs may coordinate, for example using swarm behavior, and be controlled via a platform system. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
COOPERATIVE UNMANNED AUTONOMOUS AERIAL VEHICLES FOR POWER GRID INSPECTION AND MANAGEMENT
2021-06-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen / B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen / G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung / G06V / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS |
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