This paper presents an innovative drone system by designing and developing a blended-wing-body (BWB)-based configuration for next-generation drone use cases. . HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci-entific research documents, whether they are pub-lished or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L'archive ouverte. . Recent years have witnessed rapid development and great indignation burgeoning in the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) field. This growth of UAV-related research contributes to several challenges, including inter-communication from vehicle to vehicle, transportation coverage, network information. .
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Can unmanned aerial vehicle-based approaches support PV plant diagnosis?
This study aims to give an overview of the existing approaches for PV plant diagnosis, focusing on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based approaches, that can support PV plant diagnostics using imaging techniques and data-driven analytics.
Can unmanned aerial and ground vehicles design a fully automated power plant inspection process?
Abstract: This article addresses the design of a fully automated photovoltaic (PV) power plant inspection process by a fleet of unmanned aerial and ground vehicles (UAVs/UGVs).
How are aerial and ground data used in a solar PV system?
In their study, aerial data were taken using a UAV drone, collecting RGB images to build an orthophoto of the PV system and used it as an interactive map in the GIS application. In addition, thermal photos were captured and reviewed using ThermoViewer. On the other hand, ground data were acquired with I–V curve tests.
How efficient are multi-rotor cleaning drones for distributed PV stations?
Multi-rotor cleaning drones for distributed PV stations are 40+ times more efficient than manual cleaning, using only 10% water and 1/3 cost, with >90% dust removal. This addresses manual inefficiency and cleaning difficulty, offering a new technical solution for specialized, refined distributed PV systems.