
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Landing Assistance Systems
Our company has developed a set of sensors and software, that provides a direct connection between drone and landing site, as a result, we ensure an accurate and safe landing even in the absence or weak GPS signal, strong and gusty wind, landing on charging station, or mailbox, operations in dark or fog.
The main problems when landing a drone:
The small size and the presence of several alternative interfaces allows integrating the landing system into almost all existing autopilots. For the user, I2C, UART and CAN interface are available through which the drone can get full information about the current state of the system. A simple protocol will make it possible to connect autopilot as quickly as possible at the software level. Each module has a USB port for device diagnostics as well as simple installation of fresh software updates.
The system does not require additional sensors for its work. The onboard unit can independently determine the distance to the landing site. This allows landing on platforms that are significantly higher than the environment and information about the distance to the ground is significantly different from the actual height to the landing platform. The on-board receiver also does not require data from the drone inertial system and all changes do not depend on the inclination and speed of movement of the aircraft - this allows you to work stably with strong gusts of wind when the angular position of the drone changes very quickly. Low power consumption (less than 0.3 watts for the onboard module and 1.1 watts for the ground module) allows the system to operate for a long time from a small power source. It is possible to easily change the approach path (to make it not vertical but at an angle) - this allows the vehicle to land in places where there is an obstacle on one side (for example, a balcony).