Developing drone landing on a moving platform Challenge

Posted by Darius Jack on January 3, 2016 at 11:16am

Hi,

I have contacted Frank Rinderknecht about his self-driving
Rinspeed Etos car featuring personal drone by DJI,
landing on moving platform at the heck of Etos
asking for an opportunity to live test his car and drone.

Since I am a developer at DJI I would like to run a number of
tests, guided flight, FollowMe, ROI
and MovingPlatformLanding (MPL) as a new hot feature.

or MobilePlatformLanding

what works better

Pls let me know your opinion

darius
Pizza Delivery Drone
Mind Controlled Drone
Hybrid Drone

manta103g@gmail.com

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  • Thomas Stone January 3, 2016 at 12:19pm

    Hi Darius,

    We have had multiple requests for 'MobilePlatformLanding', including requests for developing this feature on the Matrice 100. It would be very cool. :) 

    Currently, we develop precision landing systems for stationary platforms (video1,video2). 

    If the Platform includes a GPS unit (e.g., smartphone), then the landing location could be continuously updated. Then, the vision system can assist the 'precision landing' when the platform is in-view... However, the controls development for a moving target is challenging.

    Best,

    Thomas

    • Darius Jack > Thomas Stone January 3, 2016 at 12:38pm

      Hi Thomas,

      thank you for your kind reply.

      It looks Matrice 100 is the right platform to have MobilePlatformLanding or MovingPlatformLanding featured embedded.

      If MobilePlatform is not attracting users of smartphones only so let it call MPL

      Do you know DJI SDK to the extent to let MPL script to be run ?

      I can provide algorithms and maths, trigonometry to accomplish this task.

      I have watched your precision landing videos.

      If you know exact geolocation of the landing point on a boat so FollowMe, ROI

      should work fine.

      In case of MobileGPSPlatform problems may arise due to gps err at low alt and sat signal shielding by a car's metal body.

      All we need now is a number of Matrice 100 for tests since I can expect a number of

      failed landings to happen ;)

      Is DJI happy to deliver us 2 Matrice 100 for tests ?

    • Thomas Stone > Darius Jack January 3, 2016 at 6:06pm

      It is easier to develop the flight controls code on APM (Ardupilot).... It could also be accomplished on the Matrice 100, after some development effort. 

      Using a standard GPS is probably not sufficient to land on a car. It is common to have an error of a 1-3 meters, even with a clear view of the sky. 

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