In this thesis, we have developed an autonomous system for long-term aerial surface monitoring.
It is important that the system is reliable and safe, so we have devoted special attention to this and analyzed the results thoroughly.
We have built a powerful and safe aircraft with a base station.
The product contains all the desired features, especially autonomous flight, which requires only a button press on the base station to take off and land.
The base station is also used to communicate the status of the aircraft in flight to the user.
The aircraft autonomously maintains a specified position over a controlled area.
This is done with the help of the navigation system, compass, inclination and altitude sensors.
The aircraft is capable of flying for more than 40 minutes, so longer events can be recorded.
Since the system is autonomous, it does not need to be controlled during the flight.
So we can do other things while it is in operation.
The system was tested for aerial footage of longer sporting events (soccer practices).
The footage proved useful for archiving and analyzing sporting events.
We also explored how the product can be used so that the aircraft changes the specified location during flight by tracking the user (e.g. cyclists).
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