Research Results
Wastewater treatment plant – orthophotos for flow analysis
Project number: 9.902.60006 Involved cooperation partners: Holding Graz FH JOANNEUM | University of Applied Sciences AIRlabs Austria Project Description/Methods: The project involves flying over the secondary settling tanks with an “open” category drone (in the control zone of Graz Airport) and taking orthophotos of all 4 settling tanks in order to test the applicability of such […]
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Icing tests to determine the collection efficiency of test objects in the FH JOANNEUM IWT (Icing Wind Tunnel)
Project number: 5.507.20002 Involved cooperation partners: RTA Rail Tec Arsenal FH JOANNEUM | University of Applied Sciences AIRlabs Austria Project Description/Methods: One focus for further development of icing possibilities for analyses in the Vienna Climatic Wind Tunnel is on the target group of multicopter and drones. In this context, liquid water content calibration is essential […]
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE RUINS OF BAD SCHWANBERG
Project number: 2.3201 (Knowledge building project) Involved cooperation partners: FH JOANNEUM | University of Applied Sciences AIRlabs Austria Project Description/Methods: The overall objective of this project is to investigate how UAS can support archaeological excavations in a meaningful way. What sensors are needed to detect structures – some of which are buried in the ground […]
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Introducing low-threshold access to icing experiments in the RTA climatic wind tunnel with a multiuser approach
Project numbers: 5.509.20001, 5.509.20002, 5.509.20003 Involved cooperation partners: RTA Rail Tec Arsenal FH JOANNEUM | University of Applied Sciences FACC AG AIRlabs Austria Project Description/Methods: Many technological research challenges for drones, e.g. all-weather capability and countermeasures for icing, can currently only be addressed experimentally in complex and expensive infrastructures; due to the international importance of the […]
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Drones as first responders – How emergency services can be supported in the future
Project number: 5.502.20001 (Presentation/test of self-sufficient hangar) Involved cooperation partners: Frequentis AG APB Corporation GmbH AIRlabs Austria GmbH Project Description/Methods: MCX- (Mission Critical Broadband Communications, e.g. for MCPTT via 5G) form the likely future of mission critical BOS networks based on 4G-/5G technology after the current Tetra standard. It enables the existing public authority radio […]
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Detection of cooperative drones in the course of „Save Aviation Tyrol“
Project number: 6.604.30001 & 6.605.30001 (Test flights for „SafeAviationTyrol“) Involved cooperation partners: World-Direct eBusiness solutions GmbH Twins GmbH AIRlabs Austria GmbH Project description/methods: The project “SafeAviationTyrol” deals with practicable and quickly applicable solutions for the safety issues associated with drones. These include:a) the localisation of drones and aircraft close to the ground,b) the avoidance of […]
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Latency measurement of optical UAS sensors
Project number: 5.512.20001 (Latency measurement sensor data recording) Involved cooperation partners: FH Kärnten | University of Applied Sciences Twins GmbH AIRlabs Austria GmbH Project description/methods: For triggering RGB cameras, the time span of triggering and saving the image on the SD card was determined. The trigger source originates from the autopilot. The trigger is recognisable […]
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Aerial survey of grasslands for wildlife and fawn detection prior to mowing works
Project number: 9.902.60004 (Aerial grassland surveys for possible fauna detection) Involved cooperation partners: Holding Graz FH JOANNEUM | University of Applied Sciences AIRlabs Austria Project description/methods: Throughout Austria, up to 25,000 fawns suffer death each year as a result of mowing on agricultural land – especially near forests. The fawns are hidden in the high […]
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AERIAL SURVEY OF THE BUS CENTRE TO CREATE AN ORTHOPHOTO FOR ANALYSIS PURPOSES
Project number: 8.802.50006 (Night recording Bus Center) Involved cooperation partners: Holding Graz FH JOANNEUM | University of Applied Sciences Graz University of Technology AIRlabs Austria Project Description/Methods: The bus center of the Holding Graz GmbH in the Kärntnerstraße in Graz accommodates the entire bus fleet of the city including parking spaces, maintenance facilities and alike […]
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Measurement of the Augarten Bay in Graz for documentation purposes
Project number: 8.802.50005 (Aerial Survey Augarten) Involved cooperation partners: Holding Graz FH JOANNEUM | University of Applied Sciences Graz University of Technology AIRlabs Austria Project description/methods: For the construction and redesign of the Augarten Bay in Graz, 47 trees with a diameter of more than 12 cm had to be felled in 2020, all of […]
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