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Perception Testing in Fog for Autonomous Flight

Conference · · AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-0897· OSTI ID:2472773
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  1. NASA Ames Research Center (ARC), Moffett Field, Mountain View, CA (United States)
  2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
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As the path towards Urban Air Mobility (UAM) continues to take shape, there are outstanding technical challenges to achieving safe and effective air transportation operations under this new paradigm. To inform and guide technology development for UAM, NASA is investigating the current state-of-the-art in key technology areas including traffic management, detect-and-avoid, and autonomy. In support of this effort, a new perception testbed was developed at NASA Ames Research Center to collect data from an array of sensing systems representative of those that could be found on a future UAM vehicle. This testbed, featuring a Light-Detection-and-Ranging (LIDAR) instrument, a long-wave infrared sensor, and a visible spectrum camera was deployed for a multiday test campaign in the Fog Chamber at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), in Albuquerque, New Mexico. During the test campaign, fog conditions were created for tests with targets including a human, a resolution chart, and a small unmanned aerial vehicle (sUAV). Here, this paper describes in detail, the developed perception testbed, the experimental setup in the fog chamber, the resulting data, and presents an initial result from analysis of the data with the evaluation of methods to increase contrast through filtering techniques.
Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
DOE Contract Number:
NA0003525;
OSTI ID:
2472773
Report Number(s):
SAND-2024-13783J
Resource Type:
Conference paper
Conference Information:
Journal Name: AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum Journal Issue: 2023 Journal Volume: 6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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