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The Development of a UGV-Mounted Automated Refueling System for VTOL UAVs

机译：用于VTOL无人机的UGV安装的自动加油系统的开发

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This paper describes the latest efforts to develop an Automated UAV Mission System (AUMS) for small vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). In certain applications such as force protection, perimeter security, and urban surveillance a VTOL UAV can provide far greater utility than fixed-wing UAVs or ground-based sensors. The VTOL UAV can operate much closer to an object of interest and can provide a hover-and-stare capability to keep its sensors trained on an object, while the fixed wing UAV would be forced into a higher altitude loitering pattern where its sensors would be subject to intermittent blockage by obstacles and terrain. The most significant disadvantage of a VTOL UAV when compared to a fixed-wing UAV is its reduced flight endurance. AUMS addresses this disadvantage by providing forward staging, refueling, and recovery capabilities for the VTOL UAV through a host unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), which serves as a launch/recovery platform and service station. The UGV has sufficient payload capacity to carry UAV fuel for multiple launch, recovery, and refuel iterations. The UGV also provides a highly mobile means of forward deploying a small UAV into hazardous areas unsafe for personnel, such as chemically or biologically contaminated areas. Teaming small UAVs with large UGVs can decrease risk to personnel and expand mission capabilities and effectiveness. There are numerous technical challenges being addressed by these development efforts. Among the challenges is the development and integration of a precision landing system compact and light enough to allow it to be mounted on a small VTOL UAV while providing repeatable landing accuracy to safely land on the AUMS. Another challenge is the design of a UGV-transportable, expandable, self-centering landing pad that contains hardware and safety devices for automatically refueling the UAV. A third challenge is making the design flexible enough to accommodate different types of VTOL UAVs, such as the AAI iSTAR ducted-fan vehicle and small helicopter UAVs. Finally, a common command-and-control architecture which supports the UAV, UGV, and AUMS must be developed and interfaced with these systems to allow fully autonomous collaborative behaviors. Funded by the Joint Robotics Program, AUMS is part of a joint effort with the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Army Missile Research Development and Engineering Command. The objective is to develop and demonstrate UGV-UAV teaming concepts and work with the warfighter to ensure that future upgrades are focused on operational requirements. This paper describes the latest achievements in AUMS development and some of the military program and first responder situations that could benefit from this system.
机译：本文介绍了为小型垂直起降（VTOL）无人飞行器（UAV）开发自动无人机任务系统（AUMS）的最新工作。在某些应用中，例如部队保护，周边安全和城市监视，VTOL无人机比固定翼无人机或地面传感器可以提供更大的实用性。 VTOL无人机可以在距离目标物体更近的地方运行，并且可以提供悬停和凝视功能，以保持其传感器在物体上训练，而固定翼无人机将被迫进入更高的空中徘徊模式，此时其传感器将处于受到障碍物和地形的间歇性阻塞。与固定翼无人机相比，VTOL无人机最大的缺点是其飞行耐久性降低。 AUMS通过主机无人地面飞行器（UGV）为VTOL无人机提供前级登台，加油和恢复功能，从而解决了这一缺点，该无人机用作发射/恢复平台和服务站。 UGV具有足够的有效载荷能力，可以携带无人机燃料进行多次发射，回收和加油迭代。 UGV还提供了一种高度机动的方式，可以将小型无人机向前部署到对人员不安全的危险区域，例如化学或生物污染区域。将小型无人飞行器与大型无人飞行器组合在一起可以降低人员风险并扩大任务能力和效力。这些开发工作正在解决许多技术挑战。挑战之一是开发和集成紧凑，轻巧的精确着陆系统，使其能够安装在小型VTOL无人机上，同时提供可重复的着陆精度以安全地降落在AUMS上。另一个挑战是UGV可运输，可扩展，自定中心的着陆垫的设计，该着陆垫包含用于自动为无人机加油的硬件和安全装置。第三个挑战是使设计具有足够的灵活性以适应不同类型的VTOL无人机，例如AAI iSTAR管道风扇飞行器和小型直升机无人机。最后，必须开发一种支持UAV，UGV和AUMS的通用命令与控制体系结构，并与这些系统接口，以实现完全自主的协作行为。 AUMS由联合机器人计划资助，是与空军研究实验室和陆军导弹研究发展与工程司令部共同努力的一部分。目的是开发和演示UGV-UAV的编队概念，并与作战人员合作以确保将来的升级集中在作战需求上。本文介绍了AUMS开发的最新成果以及一些可以从该系统中受益的军事计划和第一响应者情况。

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