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What are UAVs?

• A UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) also known as a drone is an aircraft without a human pilot. • It can be controlled two ways:• Autonomously by computers in the vehicle itself.• Under the remote control of a navigator or a pilot.• These types of pilots are called Combat Systems

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MQ-9

• This is MQ-9 Reaper, it is an UAV and it has been implemented in supporting our troops over seas in Afghanistan. This Reaper has the ability to be used for attacking or for surveillance.

MQ-9 continued• MQ-9 Reaper specifications…• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSpOYZR0klA

• A UAV in action…• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6OUkOCrfKk&feature=re

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Non-military UAVs• This is the Aerovision Fulmar,

its main application being to aid fishermen finding tuna banks in the ocean.

• A police drone used for surveillance.

Other UAV applications

• The largest use of UAVs is in the military, but there are other civil uses.• Some examples are, UAVs are used in forest fires

to see where the fire is spreading, and also used for non-military surveillance such as oil pipelines.• UAVs are used in applications that are to dull,

dirty, or dangerous for manned aircraft whether it is military or non-military.

Programming aspects…

• The UAV programming language is called Flight Processing System (FLIPS) for unmanned aerial vehicles.

• High level missions are compiled into a hardware independent instruction set architecture (ISA), which you can freely implement on your own UAV platforms.

Step 1

• Step 1 is the high level coding

• The user will program a mission in the high level FLIPS language.

• A missions syntax should be highly readable and easy to understand.

Step 1 continued…• commands

Normal = 0 Takeoff = 1 Inverted = 2 Hover = 4 RollLeft = 8 RollRight = 16 Trigger = 32 Loiter = 64 Land = 128 LoiterAndLand = 192

waypoints Atlanta = 33.748995 -84.387982 NewYork = 40.714269 -74.005973 London = 51.00652 -0.126708

SECorner = (100m, 0m) NECorner = (100m, 100m) NWCorner = (0m, 100m) SWCorner = (0m, 0m)

• Takeofffly to Atlanta at 50 metersNormalfly to NewYorkfly at 1000 feetNormalfly to Londonfly to Atlanta at 250 feet

// waypoints.h Example CourseNormalfly to SECorner at 75 metersfly to NECornerNormalfly to NWCornerNormalfly to SWCornerLoiterAndLandfly to (50m, 50m)

Step 2

• The mission is then compiled into FLIPS assembly, which contains the low level flight instructions.

• Basically the primitive flight instructions, the assembly code.

Step 2 continued• CMD 1 // TAKEOFF / Command #1

POS X GEO -84.387982 // ATLANTA / 84.387982 W LongitudePOS Y GEO 33.748995 // ATLANTA / 33.748995 N LatitudePOS Z FIX -50.0 // 50.0 m (164.04199475065616 ft) AltitudeFLY // ExecuteCMD 0 // NORMAL / Command #0POS X GEO -74.005973 // NEWYORK / 74.005973 W LongitudePOS Y GEO 40.714269 // NEWYORK / 40.714269 N LatitudeFLY // ExecutePOS Z FIX -304.8 // 304.8 m (1000.0 ft) AltitudeFLY // ExecuteCMD 2 // INVERTED / Command #2POS X GEO -0.126708 // LONDON / 0.126708 W LongitudePOS Y GEO 51.00652 // LONDON / 51.00652 N LatitudeFLY // ExecutePOS X GEO -84.387982 // ATLANTA / 84.387982 W LongitudePOS Y GEO 33.748995 // ATLANTA / 33.748995 N LatitudePOS Z FIX -76.2 // 76.2 m (250.0 ft) AltitudeFLY // ExecuteCMD 0 // NORMAL / Command #0POS X FIX 100.0 // SECORNER / 100.0 m (328.0839895013123 ft) E DistancePOS Y FIX 0.0 // SECORNER / 0.0 m (0.0 ft) N DistancePOS Z FIX -75.0 // 75.0 m (246.06299212598424 ft) Altitude

• FLY // ExecutePOS X FIX 100.0 // NECORNER / 100.0 m (328.0839895013123 ft) E DistancePOS Y FIX 100.0 // NECORNER / 100.0 m (328.0839895013123 ft) N DistanceFLY // ExecuteCMD 2 // INVERTED / Command #2POS X FIX 0.0 // NWCORNER / 0.0 m (0.0 ft) E DistancePOS Y FIX 100.0 // NWCORNER / 100.0 m (328.0839895013123 ft) N DistanceFLY // ExecuteCMD 0 // NORMAL / Command #0POS X FIX 0.0 // SWCORNER / 0.0 m (0.0 ft) E DistancePOS Y FIX 0.0 // SWCORNER / 0.0 m (0.0 ft) N DistanceFLY // ExecuteCMD 192 // LOITERANDLAND / Command #192POS X FIX 50.0 // 50.0 m (164.04199475065616 ft) E DistancePOS Y FIX 50.0 // 50.0 m (164.04199475065616 ft) N DistanceFLY // Execute

Step 3

• Next it can then be compiled/compressed into binary code, which then can be sent to the aircraft wirelessly.

• Then the aircraft can execute the certain mission.

Step 3 continued• 170 = AA

1 = 15 -84.387982 = 5 C2 A8 C6 A68 33.748995 = 8 42 6 FE F99 -50.0 = 9 C2 48 0 01 = 10 = 05 -74.005973 = 5 C2 94 3 F8 40.714269 = 8 42 22 DB 691 = 19 -304.8 = 9 C3 98 66 661 = 12 = 25 -0.126708 = 5 BE 1 BF BE8 51.00652 = 8 42 4C 6 AD1 = 15 -84.387982 = 5 C2 A8 C6 A68 33.748995 = 8 42 6 FE F99 -76.2 = 9 C2 98 66 661 = 10 = 0

• 3 100.0 = 3 42 C8 0 06 0.0 = 6 0 0 0 09 -75.0 = 9 C2 96 0 01 = 13 100.0 = 3 42 C8 0 06 100.0 = 6 42 C8 0 01 = 12 = 23 0.0 = 3 0 0 0 06 100.0 = 6 42 C8 0 01 = 10 = 03 0.0 = 3 0 0 0 06 0.0 = 6 0 0 0 01 = 1192 = C03 50.0 = 3 42 48 0 06 50.0 = 6 42 48 0 01 = 1255 = FF

Conclusion

Conclusion continued

Questions?

• What does UAV stand for?• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.

• What are two non-military applications that UAVs can be used for?• Finding tuna banks, and checking on pipelines.

• What is the UAV programming language that we discussed?• FLIPS.

Works citied• Gertler, Jeremiah. U.S. “Unmanned Aerial Systems.”

www.fas.org. January 3, 2012. 5/14/2012. <http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R42136.pdf>.

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