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The prototype of gyro-stabilized UAV gimbal for day-night surveillance

  • Silesian University of Technology

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Abstract

This paper presents a designed and created prototype of stabilized UAV gimbal for day-night surveillance. There is a need for UAV gimbals capable of stable target detection and tracking, regardless the time of the day. The prototype gimbal is capable of pan and tilt rotations in range of full 360 degrees with 10 bit turning resolution. Full turn takes approximately 1.2s. The gimbal itself and possible future external devices are able to communicate via extended VISCA protocol and RS-232C standard. Performed tests and evaluations have shown promising results regardless the time of the day. The presented gimbal shows a great potential for target detection and tracking using UAVs and developing more sophisticated algorithms for stabilization.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Technologies for Intelligent Systems of National Border Security
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages107-115
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783642316647
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2013

Publication series

NameStudies in Computational Intelligence
Volume440
ISSN (Print)1860-949X

Keywords

  • UAV stabilization
  • gimbal
  • surveillance
  • thermal imaging

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence

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