In Year 1 of the CHASER effort, we put together an initial testbed consisting of S1000 octocopter platforms, an onboard NVIDIA JetsonXavier GPU, and an econ 4k e-CAM130CUXVR camera (see Figure 2). We successfully demonstrated a closed-loop, on-board,autonomous computer vision based detection, tracking, and controls system that is able to follow another sUAS in flight.Building off of the success of the Year 1 demonstration, in Year 2 we expanded our focus from just the airborn chase to include theinitiation of the execution chain, consisting of autonomous launch from a surveillance cue, out to the cue point, and an efficient search ofthe space in the absence of mid flight update cues. We also developed a GPS/radar track correlation algorithm in order to identify the chasedrone radar track and only send cues of the intruding drone.
Collaborative-UAS for Hostile Attribution, Surveillance, Emplacement, and Reconnaissance (CHASER): FY22 HP/ATC/Energy Program
2023
40 pages
Report
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English
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