Alternating Drive-and-Glide Flight Navigation of a Kiteplane for Sound Source Position Estimation

Makoto Kumon,Hiroshi G. Okuno,Shuichi Tajima,Makoto Kumon,Hiroshi G. Okuno,Shuichi Tajima

Drone audition, namely the hearing capability of a drone, is expected to compensate for the drawbacks of visual sensors in search-and-rescue missions. Current multi-rotor drones have limitations of flight duration and sound processing due to ego-noise generated by rotors and air-flow. Drone audition for a kiteplane, i.e., a fixed-wing drone that can fly slowly and stably, has not been investigated...