Autonomous Quadcopter Altitude for Measuring Risky Gases in Hazard Area

Authors

  • Omar I. Dallal Bashi Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  • W. Z. Wan Hasan Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  • N. Azis Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  • S. Shafie Institute of Advanced Technology (ITMA), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Hiroaki Wagatsuma Department of Brain Science and Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Keywords:

Quadcopter, Risk, Landfill, Altitude,

Abstract

The increased awareness of environmental monitoring has led to the development platforms for measuring gases concentration in the risk environment. In this paper, we focused on the altitude of quadcopter flying, not to be random but will be at a certain height depending on the application and the area of implementation for a quadcopter robot. A practical implementation is recorded to know the suitable height of flying. The quadcopter is also developed to fly manually with automatic height adjustment in order to measure gas concentration reliably.

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2018-07-04

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Bashi, O. I. D., Wan Hasan, W. Z., Azis, N., Shafie, S., & Wagatsuma, H. (2018). Autonomous Quadcopter Altitude for Measuring Risky Gases in Hazard Area. Journal of Telecommunication, Electronic and Computer Engineering (JTEC), 10(2-5), 31–34. Retrieved from https://jtec.utem.edu.my/jtec/article/view/4345

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Vol. 10 No. 2-5: Embracing The 4th Industrial Revolution: Innovation in Telecommunication, Electronic & Computer Engineering I

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