Assessing Indoor Environments with sUAS through Real-Time Virtual Reality and Assured Navigation

Maarten Uijt de Haag, Jessie Robinson, Adam Schultz, and Joel Huff

Abstract:	This paper discusses a method that uses a small-size unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) to navigate a challenging environment and generate, in real-time, a three-dimensional (3D) map (e.g., point cloud data of features) of that environment. The 3D map is then transmitted to a remote user and shown in raw or processed form in near real-time on a virtual reality (VR) headset for user interaction, scene interpretation and assessment. Furthermore, the paper will include flight test results of our multi-copter sUAS operating in both indoor and outdoor environments. In addition to these discussions, the paper will show some navigation and mapping performance results.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 2018 International Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation January 29 - 1, 2018 Hyatt Regency Reston Reston, Virginia
Pages:	232 - 239
Cite this article:	de Haag, Maarten Uijt, Robinson, Jessie, Schultz, Adam, Huff, Joel, "Assessing Indoor Environments with sUAS through Real-Time Virtual Reality and Assured Navigation," Proceedings of the 2018 International Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation, Reston, Virginia, January 2018, pp. 232-239. https://doi.org/10.33012/2018.15565
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