licentiateThesis
Desarrollo de plataforma UAS de ala ja para aplicaciones de Fotogrametría
Fecha
2017Autor
Gutierrez-Leiva, Edgar Mario
Institución
Resumen
The conventional methods for estimating soil erosion, compromise result's reliability due
to the complex installation of measuring instruments. Particularly Costa Rica is a ected by
this phenomenon.
The Electronics Engineering School of the Instituto Tecnol ogico de Costa Rica, has been
researching alternatives for soil erosion quanti cation. One of these is by using unmanned
aerial systems (UAS) through the aerial photogrammetry technique, showing great results
and presenting a greater precision without altering the study area.
In the case of large-scale photogrammetry applications, the use of multi-rotor platforms
presents a high consumption of resources and time. The xed-wing systems due to their low
energy consumption and their ability to reach higher speeds, represents a great alternative
compared with multi-rotor systems.
The present work shows the process of design and development of a xed-wing type UAS
platform for photogrammetry applications. This system must be able to carry out
ight
missions autonomously and collect the necessary information for soil analysis.