MEW · Multirotor Estimation of Wind
Horizon Europe — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Duration
- 2024-06-17 → 2026-06-16
- EU contribution
- €187,624
- Participants
- 1
- Scheme
- HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF
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Results in brief
Multirotor Estimation of Wind
The MEW (Multirotor Estimation of Wind) project addresses the measurement of unpredictable impact of wind forces on multirotor systems, which is a critical barrier to the widespread adoption of drones. Wind disturbances cause instability, degraded image quality, and safety concerns, limiting applications of drones in sectors such as infrastructure inspection, agriculture, delivery, and industrial monitoring. The EU drone market is projected to exceed €10 billion annually by 2035, making the improvement of reliability under challenging real-world conditions both economically and strategically important. The project uses the following techniques to develop new wind estimation solutions: 1. A novel Acoustic Resonance Sensor (ARS) for direct wind velocity measurements. 2. An Equivariant Filter (EqF) for state estimation that takes advantage of the geometry inherent to multirotor vehicles. 3. Reduced Order Modelling (ROM) to decribe wind dynamics clearly and effectively for application. The MEW project will help drones to operate safely and effectively in windy environments, unlocking new industrial applications and addressing societal concerns about drone safety.
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Project objective
In the last decade both remotely-piloted and autonomous multirotor aerial systems have been employed for a wide range of challenging tasks, including visual inspection and physical maintenance, that were previously either dangerous or impractical. Wide-spread adoption is, however, hindered by the sensitivity of existing systems to unpredictable disturbances caused by wind forces that they are not able to estimate and hence mitigate. With funding provided by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the MEW project seeks to use recently developed acoustic wind sensors in a sophisticated and mathematically sound estimation framework. Researchers will design entirely new algorithms for the estimation of wind forces so that they may be compensated for by the multirotor flight control system. Real-world tests and experiments will demonstrate the soundness of the research and lead to software implementations that are ready to be adopted by industry. The results of the MEW project will lead to a new wave of application domains for multirotor technology, and will create new approaches to estimating wind dynamics that may extend to other engineering and scientific questions around fluid dynamics.
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Participants
- UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE · EnschedeCoordinatorNetherlands
Links
- View on CORDIS
- DOI: 10.3030/101154194
- https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/documents/downloadPublic?documentIds=080166e516256a4a&appId=PPGMS
- https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/documents/downloadPublic?documentIds=080166e51d7faa07&appId=PPGMS
Data: CORDIS, © European Union