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A Two-Step Fire Blanket Release Mechanism for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Published:2023-08-20 Issue:4 Volume:35 Page:1053-1062
ISSN:1883-8049
Container-title:Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Robot. Mechatron.

Author:

Ratsamee Photchara¹^ORCID,Hanwong Thanarat²,Sison Harn³^ORCID,Thungod Kaned⁴⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Faculty of Robotics and Design, Osaka Institute of Technology, 1-45 Chayamachi, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8568, Japan

2. Metro Corporation, 5-12-8 Nishinakajima, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 532-0011, Japan

3. Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, 1-32 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan

4. Mechatronics Research Unit, Faculty of Engineering, Mahasarakham University, 41/20 Khamriang, Kantarawichai, Mahasarakham 44150, Thailand

5. Smart Process Design and Automation Unit, Mahasarakham University, 41/20 Khamriang, Kantarawichai, Mahasarakham 44150, Thailand

Abstract

Using fire blankets is one effective option for fire extinguishing. This paper proposes a two-step release mechanism for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that can precisely drop a blanket onto a target location using the advantage of wind load, avoiding the ground effect. We analyzed wind velocity under the UAV body to find the optimized range that maximizes the release of the fire blanket. Afterwards, we tested the performance of our proposed system in an indoor environment with simulated wind disturbance. Our experiment results showed that the system is robust against wind disturbance at 3.5 m/s. Finally, we tested our system with UAVs in an outdoor environment with different heights and proved the effectiveness of the system for up to 4 m height in an outdoor environment.

Funder

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge

Publisher

Fuji Technology Press Ltd.

Subject

Electrical and Electronic Engineering,General Computer Science

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