Draganflyer X6 UAV Helicopter Teams Up With Fixed Wing UAV and Miniature Ground Robot

The purpose of this exercise was to show the combined use of three different robotic platforms to search an area from a safe distance.This scenario takes us from 100m over the search area to a few millimeters above the ground.

Testing was done using three electric powered vehicles.

1. The Procerus autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,
2. Draganflyer X6 semi-autonomous UAV helicopter, and
3. a ground based throwable robot from Recon Robotics.

The scenario: Live video is broadcasted back to the operator in all three platforms.

1. Procerus fixed wing UAV aircraft descends through 70 meters AGL to a final orbit altitude of 50 meters AGL over the entire suspect area.
2. Draganflyer X6 Helicopter sent in to suspect area and provides high resolution video and imagery of target.
3. The Recon Robotics Scout miniature UGV robot scout is thrown/dropped into the area to investigate.

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