A portable aerial surveillance robot

Abstract

First Responders need tools that allow for visual assessment of developing situations, identification and location of potential threats, identification and location of victims, and to establish ingress/egress plans. This paper reports the development of a highly portable aerial surveillance robot which has indefinite flight aloft time, capability for both close-quarter and high-level surveillance operations, secure copper communications, and a variety of sensor configurations which can be easily reconfigured to meet mission needs.