• Atmospheric Ice Accretions, Aerodynamic Icing Penalties, and Ice Protection Systems on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles 

      Hann, Richard (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2020:200, Doctoral thesis, 2020)
      This thesis focused on atmospheric ice accretions, aerodynamic icing penalties, and ice protection systems (IPS) on fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The motivation for this work was to increase the knowledge ...
    • Autonomous navigation along power lines using monocular camera 

      Gjærum, Vilde Benoni (Master thesis, 2019)
      Denne rapporten tar for seg problemet med autonom deteksjon og navigasjon langs kraftlinjer i landlige omgivelser ved bruk av UAV, som et steg mot å oppnå fullkommen autonomitet i arbeidet med inspeksjon av kraftlinjer, ...
    • Autonomous UAV surveillance of a ship’s path with MPC for Maritime Situational Awareness 

      Andrade, Fabio; Johansen, Tor Arne; Storvold, Rune (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Maritime Situational Awareness is crucial in maritime operations to identify threats and to deal with them as soon as possible. These threats can be pirates in shipping operations, icebergs when sailing in the northern sea ...
    • Autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles in search and rescue missions using real-time cooperative model predictive control 

      de Alcantara Andrade, Fabio Augusto; Hovenburg, Anthony Reinier; Netto de Lima, Luciano; Dahlin Rodin, Christopher; Johansen, Tor Arne; Storvold, Rune; Moraes Correia, Carlos Alberto; Barreto Haddad, Diego (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have recently been used in a wide variety of applications due to their versatility, reduced cost, rapid deployment, among other advantages. Search and Rescue (SAR) is one of the most prominent ...
    • Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Search and Rescue Missions Using Real-Time Cooperative Model Predictive Control 

      Andrade, Fabio; Hovenburg, Anthony Reinier; de Lima, L. N.; Rodin, Christopher D; Johansen, Tor Arne; Storvold, Rune; Correia, Carlos; Haddad, Diego (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have recently been used in a wide variety of applications due to their versatility, reduced cost, rapid deployment, among other advantages. Search and Rescue (SAR) is one of the most prominent ...
    • Autonomous Wind Blade Inspection 

      Heggem, Hans Erik (Master thesis, 2017)
      This report addresses autonomous inspection of wind blades using a UAV by proposing to use computer vision combined with structured light to accurately segment and detect the wind blade edges. It will be proven that this ...
    • Bruk av droner i nordområdene 

      Bakken, Trond; Johnsen, Stig Ole; Holmstrøm, Sture; Merz, Mariann; Transeth, Aksel Andreas; Grøtli, Esten Ingar; Risholm, Petter; Storvold, Rune (Research report, 2019)
      Formålet med denne rapporten er å vise eksempler på bruk av fjernstyrte og autonome droner i petroleumssektoren og vise hvilke utviklingstrender innen droneteknologi som er viktige. Utfordringer og muligheter for bruk av ...
    • Do it yourself hyperspectral imager for handheld to airborne operations 

      Sigernes, Fred; Syrjäsuo, Mikko; Storvold, Rune; Fortuna, João; Grøtte, Mariusz Eivind Santora; Johansen, Tor Arne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      This study describes rapid prototype construction of small and lightweight push broom Hyper Spectral Imagers (HSI). The dispersive element housings are printed by a thermoplastic 3D printer combined with S-mount optical ...
    • Flight Performance Optimization for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Path Planning Methods 

      Hovenburg, Anthony Reinier (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2020:98, Doctoral thesis, 2020)
      The presented research topics were selectively chosen in an effort to fill specific knowledge gaps within the unmanned aircraft industry. The researcher conducted his work at the company Maritime Robotics, which is a ...
    • Mission Performance Trade-offs of Battery-powered sUAS 

      Hovenburg, Anthony Reinier; Johansen, Tor Arne; Storvold, Rune (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      A sensitivity analysis is presented on the influence of the weight, altitude and speed of battery-powered sUAS on the resulting stall speed, endurance and range. To aid in the determination of the aircraft performance prior ...
    • Object Classification in Thermal Images using Convolutional Neural Networks for Search and Rescue Missions with Unmanned Aerial Systems 

      Rodin, Christopher D; de Lima, L. N.; Andrade, Fabio; Haddad, D. B.; Johansen, Tor Arne; Storvold, Rune (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      In recent years, the use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) has become commonplace in a wide variety of tasks due to their relatively low cost and ease of operation. In this paper, we explore the use of UAS in maritime Search ...
    • Optimal Avalanche Search using Drones - Prototype Development 

      Fjæra, Lars Kambe (Master thesis, 2018)
      This thesis documents the development of a system for estimating the position of avalanche victims using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The system can only be used if the buried individual is wearing a transmitting avalanche ...
    • Path Planning of Multi-UAS Communication Relay by Decentralized MPC 

      Andrade, Fabio; Rodin, Christopher D; Hovenburg, Anthony Reinier; Johansen, Tor Arne; Storvold, Rune (Chapter, 2018)
      When using Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) in marine operations, long distances and/or low power transmissions may severely limit the communication between the ASV and the ground station. One solution to overcome this ...
    • Real-time and offline path planning of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for maritime and coastal applications 

      Andrade, Fabio Augusto de Alcantara (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:326, Doctoral thesis, 2019)
    • SIOS’s Earth Observation (EO), Remote Sensing (RS), and operational activities in response to COVID-19 

      Jawak, Shridhar D.; Andersen, Bo N.; Pohjola, Veijo; Godøy, Øystein; Hübner, Christiane E.; Jennings, Inger; Ignatiuk, Dariusz; Holmen, Kim; Sivertsen, Agnar; Hann, Richard; Tømmervik, Hans; Kääb, Andreas; Błaszczyk, Małgorzata; Salzano, Roberto; Luks, Bartłomiej; Høgda, Kjell Arild; Storvold, Rune; Nilsen, Lennart; Salvatori, Rosamaria; Krishnan, Kottekkatu Padinchati; Chatterjee, Sourav; Lorentzen, Dag Arne; Erlandsson, Rasmus; Lauknes, Tom Rune; Malnes, Eirik; Karlsen, Stein Rune; Enomoto, Hiroyuki; Fjæraa, Ann Mari; Zhang, Jie; Marty, Sabine; Nygård, Knut Ove; Lihavainen, Heikki (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) is an international partnership of research institutions studying the environment and climate in and around Svalbard. SIOS is developing an efficient observing system, ...