CNR ExploRA

Rapporto tecnico, 2017, ENG

A PROTOTYPE OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) PLATFORM AND DEDICATED PAYLOADS FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENT EXPLORATION

Laura Giordano; Lorenza Evangelista; Antonio Iengo; Vincenzo Di Fiore; Luciana Ferraro; Rosanna Ferraro; Michele Punzo; Paolo Scotto di Vettimo; Daniela Tarallo; Aniello Coppola; Alessandro Di Filippo; Ennio Marsella

IAMC-CNR(Istituto per l'Ambiente Marino Costiero, Napoli) ARPAL (Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente Ligure, Genova) Freelance Consultant(alex.difilippo@gmail.com; acoppola.nav@gmail.com IREA (Istituto Per Il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico Dell'Ambiente; Napoli)

This technical report describes several recent innovation that have enabled the design and development of an innovative UAV-based platform, with the goal to create an integrated system consisting of a semi-autonomous Unmanned Aerial System prototype equipped with a scientific payload managed by a Ground Control Station (GCS) and dedicated to advanced geo-environmental monitoring in marine-coastal areas (e.g. photogrammetry, thermography, pollutant detection, visual census, etc.). The prototype system herein presented, consisting of an UAV carrier, scientific payload and GCS customized for coastal monitoring purposes, is an outcome of the two synergic projects PITAM (Advanced Technology Platform for geophysical and environmental parameters monitoring at the sea -PON01_02812 - http://www.pitam-stigeac.eu/it/) and STIGEAC (Systems and Integrated Technologies for detection and advanced monitoring of geophysical and environmental parameters in marine coastal areas - PON01_02812 - http://www.pitam-stigeac.eu/it/) both funded by the Italian National Operative Programme PON R&C 2007-2013 .