Presentation describes main features and architecture of Universal Ground Control Software for UAVS from SPH Engineering

1. Universal ground control software
for
Wildlife conservation UAV challenge 2014
Alexey Yankelevich
R&D director, SPH Engineering
www.ugcs.com

2. U|g|CS provides basic functionality for a drone operation
Mission
planner
Multiple
drone types
Mission
control
Payload
data
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3. Mission planner
3D Map:
• SRTM elevation data source;
• WMS, tile data sources;
• KMZ 3D models;
• custom dynamic targets
(e.g. rangers or rhinos)
Route planning tools:
• waypoints;
• area coverage;
• perimeter inspection;
• circular inspection;
• custom algorithms;
• obstacle avoidance.
Operations:
• Loiter/Hover;
• POI;
• Control camera;
Mission pre-flight checks:
• drone capabilities;
• limitation checks.
Tools:
• distance and square measurement
• line of sight measurement
• elevation profile
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4. Multiple drone types
Support of different flight controllers and protocols
• MAVLink (Arducopter, Arduplane, ArDrone);
• Microdrones;
• Mikrokopter;
• Custom vehicle specific modules – we have open source VSM SDK
(all documentation is available online)
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5. Telemetry and video
Telemetry:
• online reporting;
• recording;
• playback;
• archive.
Video:
• online player for RTP and raw formats;
• recording (coming soon);
• stabilization.
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6. Architecture
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HCI 1
TCP
Protobuf
HCI N
HTTP
JSON
Universal control server (UCS)
Auth. | Messaging | Storage | Geo Services
UgCS protocol
TCP
VSM 1
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VSM M
COM | TCP | UDP
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7. Platforms
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Windows
Ubuntu
MacOS (coming March 2014)
Android (coming May 2014)
iOS (coming May 2014)
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8. Customization
Examples:
• Develop your own VSMs using our open source VSM SDK
• Develop your own client using UCS
• Develop your own route planning algorithms
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9. Questions
Thank You!
Alexey Yankelevich
AYankelevich@ugcs.com
Questions
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