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Enabling Self-defense in Small Drones

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Nirupam RoyAuthors Info & Claims

HotMobile '20: Proceedings of the 21st International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications

Pages 15 - 20

https://doi.org/10.1145/3376897.3377866

Published: 03 March 2020 Publication History

Abstract

Drones are breaking away from their role as recreational toys and are emerging as trusted delivery systems and tools for law enforcement. This new role makes them targets of midair attacks for profit and vandalism. Despite tremendous advancement in robotic navigation and control, drones are still vulnerable to collisions with dynamic objects. While projectile detection and direction-of-arrival estimation techniques are mature in theory and fully functional in modern aircrafts' defense systems, these solutions could not make their ways to these resource-constrained flying robots. We envision to develop an ecosystem of lightweight and low-power defense modules for small drones. This paper explores the viability of this vision and as a proof of concept, develops a single microphone-based acoustic sensing mechanism capable of identifying the direction of approaching projectiles thrown at the drone. Experiments on the developed prototype of the sensing systems show perfect accuracy for detecting cases where a dynamic object is about to hit the drone. The low latency of our system detects an approaching object around 100 ms before the event giving sufficient time for the drone to dodge it. Despite being far from a complete defense solution, our prototype bolsters the possibility of developing sensing-inferencing modules for extreme resource-constrained scenarios.

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Enabling Self-defense in Small Drones
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Embedded and cyber-physical systems
    1. Sensors and actuators

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HotMobile '20: Proceedings of the 21st International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications

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