Autonomous battery-changing system for UAV's lifelong flight  

作　　者：Jiyang Chen Wenxi Li Yingting Sha Yinchuan Wang Zhenqiang Zhang Shikuan Li Chaoqun Wang Sile Ma 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Marine Science and Technology,Shandong University,Qingdao 266237,China [2]Shandong Zhengzhong Information Technology Co.,Ltd,Jinan 250098,China [3]School of Control Science and Engineering,Shandong University,Jinan 250061,China [4]Shandong Digital Applied Science Research Institute Co.,LTD,Jinan 250101,China

出　　处：《Biomimetic Intelligence & Robotics》2023年第2期41-50,共10页仿生智能与机器人（英文）

基　　金：supported by the Key Research and Development Program of Shandong Province,China(2021CXGC011304);the Open Research Projects of Zhejiang Lab(2022NB0AB04).

摘　　要：Unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs)lifelong flight is essential to accomplish various tasks,e.g.,aerial patrol,aerial rescue,etc.However,traditional UAVs have limited power to sustain their flight and need skilled operators manually control their charging process.Manufacturers and users are eagerly seeking a reliable autonomous battery-changing solution.To address this need,we propose and design an autonomous battery-changing system for UAVs using the theory of inventive problem solving(TRIZ)and user-centered design(UCD)methods.For practical application,we employ UCD to thoroughly analyze user requirements,identify multiple pairs of technical contradictions,and solve these inconsistencies using TRIZ theory.Furthermore,we design an autonomous battery-changing hardware system that meets user requirements and realizes the battery change process after the automatic landing of UAVs.Finally,we conduct experiments to validate our system’s effectiveness.The experimental results show that our battery-changing system can implement the autonomous battery-changing task,and our system has high efficiency and robustness in the real environment.

关 键 词：Autonomous battery-changing Autonomous navigation Lifelong flight 

分 类 号：V279[航空宇航科学与技术—飞行器设计]