TY - GEN
T1 - Development of Resilient Drones for Harsh Arctic Environment
T2 - 2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2022
AU - Hasan, Agus
AU - Kramar, Vadim
AU - Hermansen, Jussi
AU - Schultz, Ulrik Pagh
N1 - Funding Information:
*This work was partially funded by Den Danske Maritime Fond and Equinor’s gift professorship at NTNU.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The Arctic is one of the least developed and most under-invested regions in the world, primarily due to its harsh environment and remoteness. However, with the current retreat of Arctic sea ice, the pristine Arctic region is gradually open for economic activities and has been of great interest for Arctic council members. For example, the European Union (EU) Integrated Policy for the Arctic has a clear emphasis on the issues specific to the European Arctic. In particular, it focuses on sustainable Arctic maritime economic growth and launches a process of identifying and developing its relevant key enabling technologies. Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) or drone is a key enabling technology for missions in harsh and remote Arctic environment, such as finding shorter and safer shipping routes, geological survey for undiscovered rare earth elements, delivering medical supplies to remote areas, Search & Rescue operations, and tracking Arctic ice and vegetation for climate change study. In this paper, we present challenges, opportunities, and enabling technologies related to the development of UAS for Arctic applications. Furthermore, we discuss our hands-on experience of flying drones in harsh Arctic environment and provide a list of operational risks and recommendations.
AB - The Arctic is one of the least developed and most under-invested regions in the world, primarily due to its harsh environment and remoteness. However, with the current retreat of Arctic sea ice, the pristine Arctic region is gradually open for economic activities and has been of great interest for Arctic council members. For example, the European Union (EU) Integrated Policy for the Arctic has a clear emphasis on the issues specific to the European Arctic. In particular, it focuses on sustainable Arctic maritime economic growth and launches a process of identifying and developing its relevant key enabling technologies. Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) or drone is a key enabling technology for missions in harsh and remote Arctic environment, such as finding shorter and safer shipping routes, geological survey for undiscovered rare earth elements, delivering medical supplies to remote areas, Search & Rescue operations, and tracking Arctic ice and vegetation for climate change study. In this paper, we present challenges, opportunities, and enabling technologies related to the development of UAS for Arctic applications. Furthermore, we discuss our hands-on experience of flying drones in harsh Arctic environment and provide a list of operational risks and recommendations.
U2 - 10.1109/ICUAS54217.2022.9836136
DO - 10.1109/ICUAS54217.2022.9836136
M3 - Article in proceedings
AN - SCOPUS:85136122224
T3 - Proceedings of International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems
SP - 1227
EP - 1236
BT - 2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)
PB - IEEE
Y2 - 21 June 2022 through 24 June 2022
ER -