Looking for a technical partner in a multiple drone installation project

Project bureau Park Strijp Beheer in Eindhoven, The Netherlands is looking for a technical partner to support them with a multiple drone project. The installation is part of an innovative public lighting plan being implemented this year in a Living Lab development in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

The drones must be robust enough to fly outdoors; they should support re-programmable and dynamic formation flying and carry rgbLED lights. The drones are required to provide two-way communication enabling their flight/light patterns to be triggered by commands from a sensor network and the potential for (sensor and) location data to be sent to back to the network.

The drones should also be able to fly to a nearby docking/charging area for automatic recharging and to shelter in bad weather.

For this project we are therefore looking for professional partners able to take full responsibility for the technical development, installation and (on-going) maintenance of a solution; willing to work in collaboration with a creative partner who will guide the requirements for the behavior of the system. This is expected to be an iterative process with design and technology parties working closely together.

If you are interested in this project and you want more information, please get in touch with me, via this blog or via this contact form.

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Noth666 February 15, 2013 at 7:29am

Well formation flight can pose obstacles as well depending on how tight the formation has to be, GPS is famously not up to the task and in most cases the control/coordination is either purely IMU/program based, or external computer vision systems are used to track the relative position of each formation partecipant.
Craig Fraser February 15, 2013 at 7:19am

Did you see the flying "security drones" in this blog section recently (I'd say certainly less than 2 months ago) that are auto-docking for charging? Think they were only indoor units, as shown anyways. That outfit might make a good partner, or at least a contact to one, as the docking sounds like the most unusual part of the requirements.
Pieter Hermans February 15, 2013 at 6:48am

Thanks for your comment. Oviously this project and the number of drones will grow step by step.

We will keep you posted.
Noth666 February 15, 2013 at 6:27am

This will be pushing the envelope for sure, the comms part mean mesh networking, the autorecharge means coputer vision/pattern reading plus some intesting mechanical solutions.
Funnily enough this is all stuff I have been brainstorming about and developing on for about 5 yrs in total, I am based in The Netherlands and have my own company in the UAV field. The size of the project however is something I would not be able to handle most likely.
Will be watching with interest too.
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Gary Mortimer February 15, 2013 at 12:53am

That will be the thick end of several million Euros with automatic docking and weather sensing. Will watch with interest.

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