Guidance for the Use of UAS During Suboptimal Environmental Conditions
TxDOT uses unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for various applications in Texas such as highway mapping, bridge inspection, crash site data collection and real- time traffic monitoring. Environmental conditions including wind, rain, mist, smoke, and ambient lighting affect both the flight operations of the UAS aircraft and the quality of the data being collected. However, due to logistics, scheduling, and urgency, UAS flights may need to be performed during suboptimal conditions. To better understand these effects, this research will address key challenges of UAS operations in suboptimal conditions, provide guidance for UAS flight operations in suboptimal conditions, and recommend settings, procedures and workflows to ensure data quality collected by UAS in suboptimal conditions. This research includes a literature review of the state of the art and the state of the practice, simulation and laboratory tests, preliminary field testing of UAS flight operations and data collection in different suboptimal environmental scenarios, post-flight analytics and assessments, and the development of recommendations and guidance for UAS operations in suboptimal conditions.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $655148
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Contract Numbers:
0-7063
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Sponsor Organizations:
Texas Department of Transportation
125 E. 11th Street
Austin, TX United States 78701-2483Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Texas Department of Transportation
125 E. 11th Street
Austin, TX United States 78701-2483 -
Project Managers:
Glancy, Chris
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Performing Organizations:
Texas Transportation Institute
Texas A&M University System
3135 TAMU
College Station, TX United States 77843-3135Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
6300 Ocean Dr.
Corpus Christi, TX United States 78412 -
Principal Investigators:
Quiroga, Cesar
- Start Date: 20200103
- Expected Completion Date: 20210831
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Real time information; Unmanned aircraft systems
- Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01744095
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Texas Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: 0-7063
- Files: RiP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Jun 25 2020 3:36PM