Title:
Detection and Localization of unauthorized drones
Supervisors:
- Rogelio Lozano, DR CNRS (1 PhD student in 3rd year)
Heudiasyc laboratory, UMR CNRS-UTC 7253
+33 (0)3 44 23 44 95, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Boris Vidolov, MdC
Heudiasyc laboratory, UMR CNRS-UTC 7253
+33 (0)3 44 23 52 49, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Pedro Castillo, CR1 CNRS (1 PhD student in 1st year)
Heudiasyc laboratory, UMR CNRS-UTC 7253
+33 (0)3 44 23 44 93, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Context of the thesis:
The thesis is part of the project activities of the Laboratory of Excellence (LABEX) at the Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC) in France on the Control of Technological Systems of Systems (MS2T) (www.utc.fr/labexms2t).
In spite of the current strict regulations for flying drones around populated areas, there exist a significant number of unauthorized flying vehicles in forbidden places. The risks of these undesired UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) go from lack of respect of personal privacy to potentially producing very dangerous accidents. For instance last February a commercial airliner almost collided with a drone in the vicinity of Charles de Gaulle Airport. There is clearly an urgent need to detect and neutralize unauthorized drones in strategic areas like nuclear plants sites, government offices, airports, vulnerable industries, etc.
Thesis Description
Detection and Localization of drones
This research will focus on detection and localization of a drone. The sensors that will be considered include microphones, optical and infrared cameras, LIDARS, etc... Some of the sensors will be located on the ground while other sensors will be carried onboard several quad-rotor. Preliminary work has been carried out detecting the position of a drone using microphones. The objective of this part of the thesis is to use the Kalman filter approach to propose an algorithm, which will adequately combine the data obtained from the fleet of UAVs to estimate the position and velocity of the drone.
Candidate’s profile:
The candidate should have a solid background on control theory (passivity, formation control, Kalman filter), embedded systems, signal and image processing. Some experience in computer programming and dynamical simulation (Matlab/Simulink).
Location:
Laboratory Heudiasyc UMR CNRS 7253
Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC)
Centre de recherche de Royallieu
BP 20529 Rue Personne de Roberval
60205 Compiègne cedex –France
References:
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[4] D. Mellinger, N. Michael, and V. Kumar, Trajectory generation and control for precise aggressive maneuvers with quadrotors, International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 664- 674, 2011.
[5] D. Mellinger, M. Shomin, and V. Kumar, Cooperative grasping and transport using multiple quadrotors, in 10th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robots, 2010.
[6] AIRobots, Eu collaborative project ict-248669. http ://www.airobots.eu.
[7] BOREADES, système intégré de lutte antidrones malveillants. ANR project. http://www.wisg.fr/Mise_en_Ligne_PPT/11_fevrier_2016/Session3_La_recherche_francaise_lutte_anti-drones_malveillants/Boreades_Jean_Christophe_Charles.pdf
[8] ANalyse Globale et Évaluation des technologies et méthodes pour la Lutte Anti UAS - Projet de développement expérimental ANGELAS – 2015. ANR Project. http://www.wisg.fr/Mise_en_Ligne_PPT/11_fevrier_2016/Session3_La_recherche_francaise_lutte_anti-drones_malveillants/Angelas_Pascal_Bordages.pdf
