Demo: In-flight Localisation of Micro-UAVs using Ultra-Wide Band. Stéphane d'Alu, Oana Iova, Olivier Simonin, Hervé Rivano. EWSN 2020 - International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks, February 2020, Lyon, France.

Abstract

In this demo we propose to use the UWB technology on micro UAVs as a way to estimate inter-drone distances. This information is the fundamental building block for a self-maintaining formation flight of a UAV swarm. We present preliminary results for the computation of distance between UAVs and we show an UAV flying and computing its position in function of three fixed anchors.

The demonstration