MISSION PLANNING, SIMULATION AND SUPERVISION OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE WITH A GIS-BASED FRAMEWORK

Pedro Gutierrez, Antonio Barrientos, Jaime del Cerro, Rodrigo San Martin

2006

Abstract

A framework for mission planning, simulation and supervision of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) has been developed. To provide a rich context for mission planning an Enhanced Reality is created from Geographic Information System (GIS) sources and dynamic aggregation of available geo-referenced data. The mission is expressed as statements and expressions of the Aerial Vehicle Control Language (AVCL), the abstraction mechanism needed to bridge the gap between a strategic mission planner and a heterogenous group of vehicles and active payloads. The framework is extendable by design and its aimed at the integration of diverse vehicles with existing systems. It has been tested as a Mission Planning and Simulation tool with our real-time small helicopter model.

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Gutierrez P., Barrientos A., del Cerro J. and San Martin R. (2006). MISSION PLANNING, SIMULATION AND SUPERVISION OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE WITH A GIS-BASED FRAMEWORK . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO, ISBN 978-972-8865-60-3, pages 310-317. DOI: 10.5220/0001214603100317


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@conference{icinco06,
author={Pedro Gutierrez and Antonio Barrientos and Jaime del Cerro and Rodrigo San Martin},
title={MISSION PLANNING, SIMULATION AND SUPERVISION OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE WITH A GIS-BASED FRAMEWORK},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,},
year={2006},
pages={310-317},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001214603100317},
isbn={978-972-8865-60-3},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,
TI - MISSION PLANNING, SIMULATION AND SUPERVISION OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE WITH A GIS-BASED FRAMEWORK
SN - 978-972-8865-60-3
AU - Gutierrez P.
AU - Barrientos A.
AU - del Cerro J.
AU - San Martin R.
PY - 2006
SP - 310
EP - 317
DO - 10.5220/0001214603100317