Um prototipo de gêmeo digital para simulação e controle de drones

Abstract

Drone development and their applications has emerged as a promising technology in various domains of human activity. They have been used in different domains such as package deliveries, remote area monitoring, industrial inspections and aerial mapping. Despite all the promising possibilities that drone based approaches enable, the design and implementation of programmable drone control algorithms can be challenging, due to the need to consider several factors, such as flight dynamics, onboard sensors, communication and interaction with the environment. In the context of programmable drones, a digital twin can reproduce the characteristics and behavior of a real drone, allowing experimentation and adjustment of control algorithms without the risk of damaging equipment or endangering lives. A digital twin is a virtual representation of a physical system or process in real time. This work presents a prototype of digital twin based in the behavior of an indoor UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle). The methodology used in this work defines five specific steps towards the specification and implementation of a functional prototype that is further developed in a prototype development process. The results are promising and enabled the satisfactory operation of the digital twin, in substitution of a real drone, in several validation scenarios.