International Micro Air Vehicle conference and competitions 2022
Abstract
Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) hold a great potential for many real-world applications, both civil and military. Military purposes includ,e the support of naval and land troops for example for stealthy reconnaissance. The small size and light weight Micro Air Vehicles b,ring important advantages such as easy transport and low detectability, but also great challenges. A major challenge is formed by ac,hieving autonomous flight with MAVs, since they are extremely restricted in terms of size, weight and power (SWaP-constraints). More,over, they fly at low Reynolds numbers in an aerodynamic regime that still holds mysteries due to difficult-to-model fluid-structure, interactions and unsteady aerodynamics. Finally, the control of these vehicles is challenging due to the faster dynamics at smaller, scales. The International Micro Air Vehicle conference (IMAV) is the prime conference focusing Micro Air Vehicles, ranging from ae,rodynamics and the design of small drones to their control and artificial intelligence. It is a long-running event series, with its,origins in the early 2000s (https://www.imavs.org/) and has spurred many developments in the field. The conference is always combine,d with real-world competitions that aim to bring theory into practice and advance the state of the art. IMAV 2022The IMAV 2022 is or,ganized by the faculty of Aerospace Engineering TU Delft, located in Delft, the Netherlands. This event will contain the following c,ompetitions:1.NanoCopter AI Challenge: Teams will develop the Artificial Intelligence for tiny, ~30-gram drones equipped with small,, low-power, deep-net-capable processors. The goal is to develop an autonomous flight solution for monocular obstacle avoidance. 2.Gr,eenhouse Challenge: Teams will develop an autonomous flight solution for monitoring the tomatoplants in a real greenhouse (?TomatoWo,rld?). 3.Package delivery challenge: Outdoor package delivery challenge to stimulate long-range-flight-capable drones that are also, able to land and take off vertically for autonomous package delivery.We have the following confirmed keynote speakers: (1) Yiannis,Aloimonos, University of Maryland (USA), (2) Richard Bomphrey, Veterinarian College, (UK), (3) Antonio Franchi, University of Twente, (NL).The scientific articles presented at IMAV are published open access at the event s website. Moreover, selected articles are pu,blished in special issues organized at the International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles and at Unmanned Systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Oct 06, 2022
- Source ID
- N629092212053
Entities
People
- Guido de Croon
Organizations
- Delft University of Technology
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy