{"id":725,"date":"2021-11-27T14:04:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T14:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sas-lab.deib.polimi.it\/?p=725"},"modified":"2022-01-10T15:36:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T15:36:58","slug":"autonomous-drones-for-civil-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sas-lab.deib.polimi.it\/?p=725","title":{"rendered":"Autonomous Drones for Civil Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"725\" class=\"elementor elementor-725\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bdfbff0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bdfbff0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1f5f1d\" data-id=\"c1f5f1d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0e1637 elementor-widget elementor-widget-page-title\" data-id=\"c0e1637\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"page-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"hfe-page-title hfe-page-title-wrapper elementor-widget-heading\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tAutonomous Drones for Civil Applications  \n\t\t\t<\/h2 > \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44fc53f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44fc53f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-583c2be\" data-id=\"583c2be\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-451f921 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"451f921\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Unmanned\u00a0 Aerial\u00a0 Vehicles\u00a0 (UAVs), also known as drones,\u00a0 have been\u00a0 adopted\u00a0 as\u00a0 tools\u00a0 in\u00a0 several sectors in the last decades. In agriculture,\u00a0 they are used to distribute pesticides and fertilizers precisely; they aid firefighers in wildfire management, and also help technicians and inspectors during the construction and maintenance phases of a building&#8217;s life cycle. Their low cost and ease of use make them versatile flying platforms for a wide array of sensors, including both RGB and thermal cameras.<br \/>Their ability of moving freely in 3D space allows them to do the work of human operators more quickly and safely, and even extend their range of operation to previously unreachable areas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b7df91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b7df91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sas-lab.deib.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/banner.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47c0cbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47c0cbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Today, drones are normally flown by human pilots, but autonomous operation promises to further reduce time and costs of all the tasks they can perform.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">In the field of Autonomous Drones and their civil applications, the SAS-Lab focuses on the following research topics:<\/span><\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Physics-based mathematical modeling;<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Software and Hardware-in-the-Loop simulations;<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Sensor fusion;<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Development of tethered aircraft systems with virtually unlimited flight time;<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Vision-based modal analysis of infrastructure;<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Vision-based energy assessment of infrastructure;<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">High-level robust path planning for drone swarms;<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Safe autonomous navigation in unknown environments.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab75e4f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab75e4f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8285e2c\" data-id=\"8285e2c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e254552 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e254552\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sas-lab.deib.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-04-02-drones-07697-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-775\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sas-lab.deib.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-04-02-drones-07697-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sas-lab.deib.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-04-02-drones-07697-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sas-lab.deib.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-04-02-drones-07697-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sas-lab.deib.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-04-02-drones-07697-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sas-lab.deib.polimi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-04-02-drones-07697-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Autonomous aerial vehicles for infrastructure digitalization and monitoring<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sas-lab.deib.polimi.it\/?p=725\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-research-topic"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sas-lab.deib.polimi.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sas-lab.deib.polimi.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sas-lab.deib.polimi.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sas-lab.deib.polimi.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sas-lab.deib.polimi.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=725"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/www.sas-lab.deib.polimi.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":913,"href":"https:\/\/www.sas-lab.deib.polimi.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions\/913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sas-lab.deib.polimi.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sas-lab.deib.polimi.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sas-lab.deib.polimi.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sas-lab.deib.polimi.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}