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Nakamura, Keita*; Suzuki, Kenta; Kaneko, Eiichiro*; Abe, Yoshitaka*; Shimizu, Masaru*; Ogane, Katsuji*
Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, 38(1), p.192 - 201, 2026/02
Yamada, Taichi; Suzuki, Soichiro; Ito, Rintaro; Ota, Yua*; Kaneko, Eiichiro*; Ogane, Katsuji*; Kawabata, Kuniaki
Advanced Robotics, 12 Pages, 2025/10
Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0.00(Robotics)We develop a test method to evaluate the vertical moving performance of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) in a narrow environment, specifically performance for ascending through a narrow aperture. This research aims to boost the UAS industry by pushing for the expansion of UAS use into various places and situations. UAS users should know whether the UAS performance is enough to achieve their objectives and what UAS suits them. However, discussing what/how much UASs can do is complex, especially in a place or situation affecting some UAS functions. Thus, the test method provides an easy-to-understand evaluation of UAS performance for mobility to access a destination in a narrow environment, even for UAS users without technical knowledge. To develop an acceptable test method for the UAS industry, we repeatedly held demonstrations and discussions with UAS manufacturers and users to incorporate their opinions from the early stages of this research. In addition, the experiments show that the test method appropriately indicates the difference in UAS performance. This paper describes the approach of UAS performance evaluation to promote the UAS industry, the development along with UAS users' opinions, and the result of the experiments to compare the type of UAS and consideration.
Yamada, Taichi; Abe, Hiroyuki*; Ogane, Katsuji*; Kawabata, Kuniaki
ROBOMECH Journal (Internet), 10, p.13_1 - 13_8, 2023/06
Although Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has significant industrial potential, it is not easy to discuss how well UAS performs in places and situations where the UAS is deployed. Therefore, we designed the approach for UAS evaluation and developed the evaluation methods that make it possible to compare the UAS performances in easy-to-understand for UAS users, people without technical knowledge focusing on GNSS-denied environments. The development proceeded with the demonstration and discussion with UAS manufacturers and users, and we repeatedly improved the evaluation methods with their opinions. Finally, we confirm that the evaluation methods can describe the difference between the UAS's performance by an experiment.
Yamada, Taichi; Abe, Hiroyuki*; Ogane, Katsuji*; Kawabata, Kuniaki
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Kawabata, Kuniaki; Ogane, Katsuji*; Sato, Noritaka*; Yamada, Taichi; Abe, Hiroyuki*; Igarashi, Hiroki*
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Kawabata, Kuniaki; Ogane, Katsuji*; Sato, Noritaka*; Yamada, Taichi; Abe, Hiroyuki*; Igarashi, Hiroki*
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Yamada, Taichi; Suzuki, Soichiro; Ito, Rintaro; Ota, Yua*; Kaneko, Eiichiro*; Ogane, Katsuji*; Kawabata, Kuniaki
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We develop evaluation methods for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in a narrow environment to boost industry. It is not easy to discuss what/much UAS users can do by using the UAS; furthermore, environmental influence makes it more complex. The evaluation method in this research aims to indicate UAS performances in an easy-to-understand form for UAS users and to push UAS use. The method evaluates a task's moving performance because moving is a critical function of UAS and is commonly required in many missions. Specifically, this paper introduces the evaluation method for ascending through a narrow aperture. In addition, this paper introduces an experiment to compare UAS performance by the aperture size.
Yamada, Taichi; Ito, Rintaro; Ota, Yua*; Kaneko, Eiichiro*; Ogane, Katsuji*; Kawabata, Kuniaki
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This paper introduces an approach for quantitatively evaluating how difficult the environment is for multicopter flight. The quantitative evaluation of multicopter flight difficulty promotes the expansion of multicopter use into various situations, as it enables multicopter users to understand the risks associated with multicopter use in the target environment and to take measures for safe operation. This research focuses on wind reflections from structures surrounding a multicopter in a narrow space. This research proposes a method for assessing the change in airflow around the multicopter due to wind reflection. This paper also describes an experiment to evaluate airflow changes simulating multicopter flight in a corner of the ceiling.
