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Challenges and ideas of using large compact groups of Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) for realization of antenna-like sensing devices with flexible shape, which may be adaptively changed based on the currently sensed properties of the scanned medium is presented in this paper. This approach enables to use very simple, light-weight and cheap sensors carried onboard of UAVs and cooperatively deploy them to maximise overall sensitivity of the compound sensory array and to optimise the overall gained information. Possibility to precisely adapt relative positions of MAVs in the swarm based on currently measured sensory values brings high flexibility and better performance in numerous applications that have to be solved by large and heavy detectors nowadays.
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The work has been supported by the Czech Science Foundation (GACR) under research project No. 17-16900Y. Also the support of the CESNET association is greatly appreciated.
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Saska, M. (2020). Large Sensors with Adaptive Shape Realised by Self-stabilised Compact Groups of Micro Aerial Vehicles. In: Amato, N., Hager, G., Thomas, S., Torres-Torriti, M. (eds) Robotics Research. Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, vol 10. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28619-4_13
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