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3D Scanner Based on an Autonomous Wi-Fi Unmanned Mini Quadcopter

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Recent Advances in Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST 2017)

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This research is about how to create 3D model objects using an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Our system is composed by a small drone that has Wi-Fi, a mini camera, and it can be controlled remotely by a smartphone. A smart network of Wi-Fi access points with directional and remote controlled antennas are utilized to determine the location of the mini drone, using the Angle of Arrival (AoA) method. By estimating its position, our mini UAV is able to follow automatically a planned route around an object. During its trajectory, our UAV takes automatically some photos that can be used to generate a 3D model using appropriate software.

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  1. Department of Computer Science Engineering, Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Politécnico de Leiria, Apartado 4163, 2411-901, Leiria, Portugal

    Daniela Flores & João Pereira

  2. Grupo de Investigación en Modelos de Producción de Software, Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Av. General Rumiñahui S/N, Apartado 171-5-231B, Sangolquí, Ecuador

    Daniela Flores & Diego Marcillo

  3. Instituto de Telecomunicações, Lisbon, Portugal

    João Pereira

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  1. DEI/FCT, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Baixo Mondego, Portugal

    Álvaro Rocha

  2. Nova IMS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

    Ana Maria Correia

  3. College of Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Hojjat Adeli

  4. DSI/EEUM, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    Luís Paulo Reis

  5. DIMES, Università della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy

    Sandra Costanzo

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Flores, D., Marcillo, D., Pereira, J. (2017). 3D Scanner Based on an Autonomous Wi-Fi Unmanned Mini Quadcopter. In: Rocha, Á., Correia, A., Adeli, H., Reis, L., Costanzo, S. (eds) Recent Advances in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 571. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56541-5_56

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