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Abstract

In this paper we consider the ability of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to operate safely in civilian airspace. This ability is increasingly important as UAVs proliferate and their usage spreads to non-military applications. According to regulatory requirements by the FAA and others this capability must demonstrate a level of performance that meets or exceeds that of an equivalent human pilot without the use of cooperative communication with other aircraft or prior knowledge of the flight plans. We survey the state of the art in systems, sensors and algorithms that have been investigated for use in ‘Sense and Avoid’ applications and then examine both basic and derived requirements for systems suited for deployment on small UAVs.

Keywords

Sense and Avoid, UAVs, Civilian Airspace

Notes

Associated Center(s) / Consortia: Field Robotics Center

Text Reference

Christopher M. Geyer, Sanjiv Singh, and Lyle J. Chamberlain, "Avoiding Collisions Between Aircraft: State of the Art and Requirements for UAVs operating in Civilian Airspace," tech. report CMU-RI-TR-08-03, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, March, 2008

BibTeX Reference

@techreport{Geyer_2008_6437,
   author = "Christopher M Geyer and Sanjiv Singh and Lyle J. Chamberlain",
   title = "Avoiding Collisions Between Aircraft: State of the Art and Requirements for UAVs operating in Civilian Airspace",
   booktitle = "",
   institution = "Robotics Institute",
   month = "March",
   year = "2008",
   number= "CMU-RI-TR-08-03",
   address= "Pittsburgh, PA",
}

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