Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Search, Rescue and Surveillance in Disasters

A fully autonomous UAV for target identification and mapping

This new UAV is specially designed for ISR (Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) missions in disasters. The new propulsion system significantly improves the UAV’s endurance (40km / 40min in the air). The UAV’s data acquisition system can control various sensors to carry out search and geo-information acquisition in a single flight. The application of UAV reduces the costs, time and workloads of large scale search. This new UAV demonstrated its possibility in assisting search and rescue missions.

Special Features and Advantages

Capable of conducting fully autonomous missions (include auto take-off and auto landing)
Long range (40 km) and long endurance (40 min)
The TECS (Total Energy Control System) controls the transition between kinetic energy and potential energy during flight to improve navigation and energy efficiency

The Powerful Ground Control System can monitor the UAV and change its tasks during the mission

With fail-safe function

Real-time video link transmits high resolution camera images to the ground control system

Applications

Land/Building surveying

Delivery of goods

Transportation, forest and land control

Post-disaster search and rescue

Award

Taiwan Innovative Unmanned Aircraft Design Competition 2016 – Champion of Automatic Navigation

Principal Investigator

Prof. Chih-Yung WEN

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Search, Rescue and Surveillance in Disasters

A fully autonomous UAV for target identification and mapping