Open AccessDesign of Miniaturized Sensors for a Mission-Oriented UAV Application: A New Pathway for Early Warning
Author(s) -
Daniele Di Giovanni,
Francesca Fumian,
Andrea Chierici,
Mattia Bianchelli,
Luca Martellucci,
Gaetano Carminati,
Andrea Malizia,
Francesco D’Errico,
P Gaudio
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of safety and security engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.202
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2041-904X
pISSN - 2041-9031
DOI - 10.18280/ijsse.110417
Subject(s) - drone , implementation , systems engineering , identification (biology) , sampling (signal processing) , computer science , warning system , field (mathematics) , engineering , computer security , risk analysis (engineering) , aeronautics , construction engineering , telecommunications , detector , software engineering , business , genetics , botany , mathematics , pure mathematics , biology
In recent decades, the increasing threats associated with Chemical and Radiological (CR) agents prompted the development of new tools to detect and collect samples without putting in danger first responders inside contaminated areas. A particularly promising branch of these technological developments relates to the integration of different detectors and sampling systems with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). The adoption of this equipment may bring significant benefits for both military and civilian implementations. For instance, instrumented UAVs could be used in support of specialist military teams such as Sampling and Identification of Biological, Chemical and Radiological Agents (SIBCRA) team, tasked to perform sampling in contaminated areas, detecting the presence of CR substances in field and then confirming, collecting and evaluating the effective threats. Furthermore, instrumented UAVs may find dual-use application in the civil world in support of emergency teams during industrial accidents and in the monitoring activities of critical infrastructures. Small size drones equipped with different instruments for detection and collection of samples may enable, indeed, several applications, becoming a tool versatile and easy to use in different fields, and even featuring equipment normally utilized in manual operation. The authors hereby present the design of miniaturized sensors for a mission-oriented UAV application and the preliminary results from an experimental campaign performed in 2020.