Real-Time Condition Monitoring of an Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle Using a Scattering-Based Specklemeter Interrogator
Growing numbers of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) in delivery, surveillance, and military applications are driving the need for automated flight inspections. Traditional inspections are done by ground maintenance crew, which limits total number of operational drones. Here we propose a condition monitoring solution combining optical fibre Bragg gratings (FBGs) with a newly developed scattering interrogation system. Our demonstration shows system stability and effective monitoring of strains incurred on the UAV wings during flight.
Authors
- Przemyslaw Falak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2970-0700)
- Christopher Holmes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9021-3760)
- Pawel Maniewski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0137-260X)
- Martynas Beresna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2427-3129)
- Robert Entwistle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1453-2820)
- Bruno Moog
- Timothy Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9665-5578)
- Toby King-Cline
Institutions
- University of Southampton (GB)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-06-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec65582.2025.11109735
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Measurement and Detection Methods
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Vetenskapsrådet
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council