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<p>Since tragedies caused by nuclear disasters are always a concern, it is essential that nuclear power plants be monitored on a regular basis for any irregularities in ionising radiation levels. Irrespective of leakage proof measures being deployed in the plant, ensuring the safety of these measures is necessary. Given this scenario, the present study proposes the usage of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to ensure that radiation levels in nuclear plants remain within safe limits. The UAV deployed will map the entire environment following a unique path planning algorithm and monitor the environment with an onboard radiation sensor. If any irregularities are detected, the positional coordinates are flagged, and the A* algorithm is implemented to generate the shortest path between the starting point, and the flagged coordinates, which are considered as the destination coordinates. The UAV is made to traverse the shortest path together with maintaining stability of the system while traversing.</p>
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Since tragedies caused by nuclear disasters are always a concern, it is essential that nuclear power plants be monitored on a regular basis for any irregularities in ionising radiation levels. Irrespective of leakage proof measures being deployed in the plant, ensuring the safety of these measures is necessary. Given this scenario, the present study proposes the usage of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to ensure that radiation levels in nuclear plants remain within safe limits. The UAV deployed will map the entire environment following a unique path planning algorithm and monitor the environment with an onboard radiation sensor. If any irregularities are detected, the positional coordinates are flagged, and the A* algorithm is implemented to generate the shortest path between the starting point, and the flagged coordinates, which are considered as the destination coordinates. The UAV is made to traverse the shortest path together with maintaining stability of the system while traversing.

Automated UAV to Survey and Monitor Ionising Radiation Levels in a Closed Environment

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

Power Electronics and Drives

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Since tragedies caused by nuclear disasters are always a concern, it is essential that nuclear power plants be monitored on a regular basis for any...

Automated UAV to Survey and Monitor Ionising Radiation Levels in a Closed Environment

Publié en ligne: 29 juil. 2022

Pages: 134 - 145

Reçu: 25 avr. 2022

Accepté: 09 juil. 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pead-2022-0010

Mots clés
unmanned aerial vehicle, indoor SLAM, sensor data, disaster management robots, path planning, obstacle avoidance

© 2022 R. Anand et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Automated UAV to Survey and Monitor Ionising Radiation Levels in a Closed Environment

Publié en ligne: 29 juil. 2022

Pages: 134 - 145

Reçu: 25 avr. 2022

Accepté: 09 juil. 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pead-2022-0010

Mots clésunmanned aerial vehicle, indoor SLAM, sensor data, disaster management robots, path planning, obstacle avoidance

© 2022 R. Anand et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
unmanned aerial vehicle, indoor SLAM, sensor data, disaster management robots, path planning, obstacle avoidance