Abstract
This article presents a remote management architecture of an unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) fleet to aid in the management of solar power plants and object tracking. The proposed system is a competitive advantage for sola r energy production plants, due to the reduction in costs for maintenance, surveillance, and security tasks, especially in large solar farms. This new approach consists of creating a hardware and software architecture that allows for performing different tasks automatically, as well as remotely using fleets of UAVs. The entire system, composed of the aircraft, the servers, communication networks, and the processing center, as well as the interfaces for accessing the services via the web, has been designed for this specific purpose. Image processing and automated remote control of the UAV allow generating autonomous missions for the inspection of defects in solar panels, saving costs compared to traditional manual inspection. Another application of this architecture related to security is the detection and tracking of pedestrians and vehicles, both for road safety and for surveillance and security issues of solar plants. The novelty of this system with respect to current systems is summarized in that all the software and hardware elements that allow the inspection of solar panels, surveillance, and people counting, as well as traffic management tasks, have been defined and detailed. The modular system presented allows the exchange of different specific vision modules for each task to be carried out. Finally, unlike other systems, calibrated fixed cameras are used in addition to the cameras embedded in the drones of the fleet, which complement the system with vision algorithms based on deep learning for identification, surveillance, and inspection.
Highlights
Global grid-connected solar capacity reached 580.1 GW at the end of 2019, along with 3.4 GW of isolated PV, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency [1]
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Summary
Global grid-connected solar capacity reached 580.1 GW at the end of 2019, along with 3.4 GW of isolated PV, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency [1]. The presence of drones has expanded in recent years with the appearance of smaller versions and cost reduction. This has led to a growing interest in their use in many different applications, beyond military use. These UAVs are adapting different technologies to expand their uses, so the interest in these devices grows and spreads in multiple areas. Some uses are surveillance and rescue, equipment review, agriculture, creation of 3D models, product deliveries, industrial inspection, and civil
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