Initial Blog Entry on a UAV Sensor and Corner Detection Article

Sensors are the lifeblood of unmanned systems. Without the requisite proprioceptive and exteroceptive sensors, the unmanned system would not function as required in today’s fast moving environment. In the peer reviewed article, Real Time Corner Detection for Miniaturized Electro-Optical Sensors Onboard Small Unmanned Aerial Systems by Lidia Forlenza, Patrick Carton, Domenico Accardo, Giancarmine Fasano and Antonio Moccia the authors discuss in great detail the advances in corner detection.

A significant issue with unmanned aerial systems (UAVs) is identification and avoidance of objects. In order for UAVs to operate within an interior environment, such as a factory, school or residence, they’ll need significant advances in exteroceptive sensing capabilities.

This article, though tending toward the technical aspects of their research, compares two distinct algorithm configurations for speed and execution during corner detection experiments. The article concludes by demonstrating significant advances in both of these areas which have proven problematic for UAVs up to this point. The major remaining issue is placing the cameras on an actual UAV and testing these algorithms during real time flight operations. The tests conducted during this research appear to demonstrate success as they move forward with live operations.

This research applies directly to the articles and videos required for this module. Two written examples occur in the article, Sensors Get Hot (Rockwell, 2008) where the author speaks directly to a threefold increase in growth and investment in the UAV sensor arena through 2016.

The second example is from the article, Introduction to Remote Sensing by Campbell & Wynne. The authors speak directly to the remote sensing and spatial differentiation issues for UAVs. This is the same area the research team was experimenting with in their Real Time Corner Detection algorithm experiments.

As for relativity to the module videos, the first remote sensing video, the UGV with ultrasonic sensors for object avoidance; and the autonomous corridor flight video all dovetail nicely with my selected article. The videos and articles surround the common theme as addressed in my selected article.

References

Forlenza, L; Carton, P; Accardo, D; Fasano, G & Moccia, A. (2012, January 12) Real Time Corner Detection for Miniaturized Electro-Optical Sensors Onboard Small Unmanned Aerial Systems. Sensors. Retrieved on May 29, 2016, from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.libproxy.db.erau.edu/docview/1537551418/fulltextPDF/38F2AF4208874E49PQ/1?accountid=27203

Rockwell, D. (2008, May 1) UAV Sensors Get Hot, Aerospace America, Eye on Electronics, page 24. Retrieved on May 29, 2016 from http://vw9tq4ge9f.search.serialssolutions.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/summon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=UAV+sensors+get+hot&rft.jtitle=Aerospace+America&rft.au=David+L+Rockwell&rft.date=2008-05-01&rft.pub=American+Institute+of+Aeronautics+and+Astronautics&rft.issn=0740-722X&rft.volume=46&rft.issue=5&rft.spage=24&rft.externalDocID=1487593801&paramdict=en-US