Space Park Leicester launches drone with AI for spacecraft
DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby
Space Park Leicester announced the successful launch of a spaceship drone equipped with groundbreaking AI equipment. The device leverages an innovative design approach to significantly reduce the size of AI algorithms. The solution is suitable for embedded computing devices utilized in satellites, drones, autonomous driving, and robotics, for situational awareness, spacecraft anomaly detection, and maritime surveillance, as well as cloud detection, disaster, flood, crop, Applies to contamination monitoring.
Space Park Leicester’s drone lab is now fully operational with joint investment from the University of Leicester, Space Park Leicester, the National Earth Observation Center (NCEO) and the National Environmental Research Council (NERC), ready for further groundbreaking projects. ready to support. Upcoming project.
With funding from the Science and Technology Facilities Council, the project was led by Prof. Tanya Vladimirova, Principal Investigator, Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Leicester, with METEOR Principal Engineer Pyal Samara-Ratna and Space Park Leicester. Backed by software and metrology engineers. Oliver Blake.
“The first flight of this project will be a novel high-performance, lightweight machine for using highly complex neural network-based artificial intelligence algorithms developed by Dr. Torga Turay, a member of my research team. We provided valuable data for the development of the framework.” Professor Tanya Vladimirova.
“This first flight lays the foundation for future flights. Each mission and deployment is an opportunity to learn and develop methods to safely and efficiently fly a drone of this size.” testing space-based sensor systems and ideas can help reduce the costs and development time associated with the use of manned flight tests. Bookings must be made weeks, if not months in advance, and inclement weather on the day of the flight may adversely affect the data collected from the deployment and may require additional flights. .”
“Drones offer unique capabilities. They bridge the gap between ground and air deployment,” said Dr. Steven Lloyd, Dr. Drone Lab Coordinator. “As long as we have permission from the landowner, we can fly drones when weather conditions permit, mitigating timeline risks from multiple failed deployments from manned aircraft. It’s a first for our Drone Lab in Leicester, with more flights planned soon.”
Co-investigator Joshua D. Vande Hey, Department of Physics, University of Leicester, said: and astronomy.
“Access to Space Park Leicester’s drone lab and engineering capabilities is a great resource for further expanding and maximizing the impact of my research.
The engineering team at Space Park Leicester would like to thank Gareth Bustin and Cittles Flyers Litchfield Airfield for their assistance with the drone flight campaign.
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