In this project, we developed an unmanned aerial system (UAS) for automatic inventory recording and quality inspection of pallet contents in indoor block warehouses. By using a Helium-based lighter-than-air drone platform and an intelligent sensor system the drone can navigate safely and collision-free without the need for separation from humans or other autonomous systems. Latency-sensitive processes e.g. for collision avoidance are calculated on-board using special AI-hardware. Compute-intensive calculations for package detection and identification are outsourced to a mobile server, which is positioned inside the warehouse and comes with its own Wi-Fi network. For control and visualization of the system, we developed a 3D user interface.
Contact persons:
B. Staar
(Project manager)
Funded by:
BMWi
Duration:
01.07.2021 - 30.06.2023
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