Concept of a gas-sensitive nano aerial robot swarm for indoor air quality monitoring

In this paper, we introduce a nano aerial robot swarm for indoor air quality monitoring applications such as occupational health and safety of (industrial) workplaces. The concept combines a robotic swarm composing of nano Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (nano UAVs), based on the Crazyflie 2.0 quadrocopter...

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Published inMaterials today : proceedings Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 470 - 473
Main Authors Neumann, Patrick P., Hüllmann, Dino, Bartholmai, Matthias
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 2019
Subjects
Concept
Indoor air quality
Monitoring
Nano aerial robot
Swarm
UAV
indoor air quality
UAV
swarm
monitoring
Nano aerial robot
concept
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Summary:In this paper, we introduce a nano aerial robot swarm for indoor air quality monitoring applications such as occupational health and safety of (industrial) workplaces. The concept combines a robotic swarm composing of nano Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (nano UAVs), based on the Crazyflie 2.0 quadrocopter, and small lightweight metal oxide gas sensors for measuring the Total Volatile Organic Compound (TVOC) in ppb and estimating the eCO2 (equivalent calculated carbon-dioxide) concentration in ppm. TVOC is a measure for the indoor air quality. An indoor localization and positioning system will be used to estimate the absolute 3D position of the swarm like GPS. Based on this novel indoor air quality monitoring concept, the development and validation of new algorithms in the field of Mobile Robot Olfaction (MRO) are planned, namely gas source localization and gas distribution mapping. A test scenario will be built up to validate and optimize the gas-sensitive nano aerial robot swarm for the intended applications
ISSN:2214-7853
2214-7853
DOI:10.1016/j.matpr.2019.03.151