Project properties

Title Development of a UAV-based testbed for teaching undergrad students
Group Information Technology Group
Project type thesis
Credits 24-39
Supervisor(s) João Valente (joao.valente@wur.nl)
Examiner(s) João Valente (joao.valente@wur.nl)
Contact info João Valente (joao.valente@wur.nl)
Begin date 2020/05/01
End date 2024/08/31
Description Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) shipped with on-board sensors have become an effective remote sensing (RS) tool in agriculture. They have been used mainly for image surveying and there are still many helpful aerial RS application to develop. Working with UAV it’s an added valuable point for any professional who wishes to succeed in this competitive market. Herein, you will have the opportunity to work in a novel and ambitious project with UAV applied to the emerging fields.

Aerial surveying (AS) is probably the most demanded application in remote sensing (RS) when it comes to the employment of UAV. In the Laboratory of Geo-information and Remote Sensing we believe that its time for students to get close to this practice and have knowledge of the principles of AS.
Used skills This thesis addresses the development of a framework of tools with open-source software for teaching aerial survey principles to undergrad students. This will be achieved within the main steps: 1) Review of the state-of-the art about teaching with UAV; 2) Define the system requisites; 3) Development and/or integration of software modules; and 4) Field tests.
Requirements UAV enthusiast, Willing for learning novel software tools, Excited to work in robotics