r/v falkor uav science
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R/VFalkorUAVScience
SchmidtOceanIns9tuteStrategicAreasofStrategicFocus
1. Commitmenttoexcellenceinoceanographicresearchopera9ons
2. Infrastructure,plaDormandtechnologydevelopmentformarinesciences
3. Collabora9vescien9ficresearchaboardFalkor4. Communica9ons,educa9onandoutreach5. Opensharingofinforma9on,dataandresearch
outcomes6. (Suppor9ngprojectsdeemedhighriskbyother
ins9tu9onsandfundingagencies)
SCHMIDTOCEANINSTITUTE2016UAVUSE
FalkorFlightDeck
HQ-60
HQ-60
HQ-60Payload
HQ-60Assembly
HQ-60Landing
SCHMIDTOCEANINSTITUTEUPCOMINGUAVUSE
2018UAVCruises–Tasso• FK180528• Ship-basesIntegratedNetworkedVehicleSystems(SINVS)• Samplingphysical,chemicalandbiologicalfeatures
• NetOSdevelopmentandhighdegreeofautonomyandinter-assetcommunica9on
Tasso(cont.)
• AUVs,ASVsandUAVs• TwotypesoffixedwingUAVs(sixintotal,120”flight)• Twotypesofmul9-copterVTOLUAVs(90”flight)• TwoWavegliders• Sevensmall(onepersonportable)AUVs• OnelargerAUV• AeriallydeployedDri`ers
Wingspan 212 cm Length 60 cm Weight Starting at 1.5 up to 3.5 Kg Endurance Up to 60 min Maximum Altitude 600 m Wind tolerance Mean 14 Kts | Max 18 Kts Camera HD 720p on-board recording and streaming / IR Communication Wi-Fi 2.4Ghz
BasedontheX8RCmodelairframehcp://www.lsts.pt/vehicles/x8fullyintegratedwiththeLSTSso`waretoolchainhcp://www.lsts.pt/toolchain
Tasso(cont.)UAVs
CruiserMini• 18m/scruisespeed• 9kgMTOW• Catapultlaunch• Bellyornetlanding• Electric,1-2hr
endurance• Flexiblepayloadbay• 1-2kgpayload
capacity• Flexibleavionicsand
payloadsystemintegra9onwithArduPilotopensourceautopilotandmissionplanningSW
• Telemetryon433MHzor5.8GHzradio
• BLOS>20km
Tasso(cont.)
2019UAVCruiseProposals
• 2019proposalsares9llintheevalua9onstage• Twoproposalsinreviewreques9ngUAVuse
2019UAVProposedProject#1
• Project1:• Instrumenta9onrequirementssimilarinscopeto2016UAVcruise
• Missionscopesimilarto2016project• WouldstronglyconsiderusingLa9tudeHQ-60Bagain
2019UAVProposedProject#2
• Project2:• UseoftwosmallVTOLUAVstodetectderelictfishinggear
SchmidtOceanIns9tute–TheFuture• Con9nuingtoexpanduponareasofstrategicfocus(5-10year9meframe)
• Technologydevelopmentforresearchingmarinescience• Interestinexploringthetransi9onfromshipbasedresearchtoinforma9ongatheringusingautonomousvehicles
• UAVsmayplayanimportantroleindatamovementandatmosphericandseasurfaceanddatacollec9on