UAV Control in Close Proximities - Ceiling Effect on Battery Lifetime

Basaran Bahadir Kocer, Volkan Kumtepeli, Tegoeh Tjahjowidodo, Mahardhika Pratama, Anshuman Tripathi, Gerald Seet Gim Lee, Youyi Wang

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    Abstract

    With the recent developments in the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), it is expected them to interact and collaborate with their surrounding objects, other robots and people in order to wisely plan and execute particular tasks. Although these interaction operations are inherently challenging as compared to free-flight missions, they might bring diverse advantages. One of them is their basic aerodynamic interaction during the flight in close proximities which can result in a reduction of the controller effort. In this study, by collecting real-time data, we have observed that the current drawn by the battery can be decreased while flying very close to the surroundings with the help of the ceiling effect. For the first time, this phenomenon is analyzed in terms of battery lifetime degradation by using a simple full equivalent cycle counting method. Results show that cycling related effect on battery degradation can be reduced by a 15.77% if the UAV can utilize ceiling effect.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings - 2019 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, ICoIAS 2019
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
    Pages193-197
    Number of pages5
    ISBN (Electronic)9781728126623
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Feb 2019
    Event2nd International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, ICoIAS 2019 - Singapore, Singapore
    Duration: 28 Feb 20192 Mar 2019

    Publication series

    NameProceedings - 2019 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, ICoIAS 2019

    Conference

    Conference2nd International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, ICoIAS 2019
    Country/TerritorySingapore
    CitySingapore
    Period28/02/192/03/19

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    The authors wish to thank for conducting the research work with support from the Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N) as well as the SINGA research scholarship.

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2019 IEEE.

    Keywords

    • battery lifetime
    • ceiling effect
    • efficient UAV flight
    • flight endurance
    • longer flight
    • propeller thrust

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