Artem Kovalev, a fourth-year student at the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI), has created a system for drones that helps increase the distance at which the operator can maintain a stable connection with the device. The technology has already attracted the interest of the Moscow Center for Urban Air Mobility Management.
Usually, a drone sends its GPS coordinates to the operator. The key feature of our system is that it does not require this data to determine the drone's position in space; it targets the device by tracking its video signal. This solution is relevant, for example, when flying in an urban environment where there is a lot of Wi-Fi interference, and at a certain altitude, the GPS signal is completely absent.
The development is an antenna unit that is mounted on a tripod and can freely rotate around its axis. At the same time, there is no need to install additional devices on the drone itself.
The system can also operate in detection mode, scanning the space for approaching devices. The technology has been tested and is ready for use in mass-produced products.
Earlier, www1.ru reported that the Russian military began using "invisible" reconnaissance drones.
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