Development of an An Autonomous Unmanned Aerial System for Radio Frequency Source Localization

Abstract
Radio-based direction finding or radio-based localization is a new and growing field of study for an Unmanned Aerial System. While this concept had been used in manned aircrafts previously, the ‘autonomous’ process in UAS makes it an interesting area of research. Although there are many approaches to localization in outdoor environments, the proposed project primarily aims to utilize both the deterministic and probabilistic approach to localize the radio source in an outdoor environment with an autonomous drone, utilising a moxon antenna and an omni-directional antenna.
Description
Radio-based direction finding or radio-based localization is a new and growing field of study for an Unmanned Aerial System. While this concept had been used in manned aircrafts previously, the ‘autonomous’ process in UAS makes it an interesting area of research.
Keywords
Aerial System, Radio Frequency, Source Localization, Autonomous
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