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This paper presents an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platform used for the competition held at the International Conference for Unmanned Aircraft Systems 2022 (ICUAS’22). The envisioned scenario in the competition is delivering an extinguishing ball to a fire with a UAV. Driven on that thought, the qualifying round of the competition is organized in a realistic simulation environment. The competitors are required to navigate through a cluttered environment into a free space, where they perform a search for the target and deliver the ball as close as possible to that target. The competition finals were organized as a part of the conference, with the same goal as in the simulation qualifiers. The UAVs used for the competition are prepared and provided by the organizers. A detailed description of the UAV software and hardware is outlined in the paper as a step towards standardizing aerial research platform.
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This paper presents results of development that has been carried out as a part of the scientific project Autonomous System for Assessment and Prediction of infrastructure integrity (ASAP) financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund - The Competitiveness and Cohesion Operational Programme (KK.01.1.1.04.0041) and as a part of the scientific project Development of a system of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) controlled in virtual environments (VIRTUALUAV) financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (KK.01.2.1.02.0197). The authors would like to thank all of LARICS staff, ICUAS and sponsors for their help and support in carrying out the competition at ICUAS’22 in Dubrovnik
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As stated in the Acknowledgements section, this research is a part of the scientific project Autonomous System for Assessment and Prediction of infrastructure integrity (ASAP) financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund - The Competitiveness and Cohesion Operational Programme (KK.01.1.1.04.0041). Furthermore, this research is a part of the scientific project Development of a system of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) controlled in virtual environments (VIRTUALUAV) financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (KK.01.2.1.02.0197)
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Markovic, L., Petric, F., Ivanovic, A. et al. Towards A Standardized Aerial Platform: ICUAS’22 Firefighting Competition. J Intell Robot Syst 108, 52 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-023-01909-z
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