3220 Development of a Vertical Climb Aerial Robot as an Observation Platform for Prompt Rescue Operations
Naoki Nagasaka, Daisuke Kubo, Shinji Suzuki · The Proceedings of the Transportation and Logistics Conference · 2008
No means to get accurate information about a disaster immediately after its occurrence have been established. To improve the present situation, we proposed a new observation system using multiple low cost micro aerial vehicles as the observation platform. This system provides the aerial photographs of entire disaster area much more quickly than any other conventional methods. We discussed the whole system including aerial photography and data transmission. We built some prototype micro aerial vehicles making some improvements. Their flight performances were evaluated in tethered flight tests.