Developing unmanned drones

Luleå University of Technology’s researchers in AI and machine learning have started a collaboration with the company Origon with the goal that drones will be able to collect more data.

A new area of intelligence

It’s about AI support for fixed-wing drones. This enables the drone to stay in the air for a very long time and thereby collect a large amount of data over large areas. In addition, using AI to analyze these large data sets will open up a new area of intelligence.

Advanced sensors for data collection

The company Origon and their Smartplanes have 17 years of expertise in drone technology. Today, much emphasis is placed on the collection of data and the application to process the data. Mikael Brunnström, CEO of the company, says:

–We are pioneering in drone technology and develop, produce and sell drone systems with fixed wings. The strength of our planes is the ability to stay in the air for a long time as well as the advanced sensors for data collection. The fierce competition in the market means that the use of AI to analyze data is necessary to distinguish oneself. Therefore, we hope this project will be able to help us with this.

Demonstrate new advanced technology

Project leader Hamam Mokayed, University Lecturer in machine Learning at Luleå University of Technology says:

–The ambition is that expected research results should be possible to add to the advanced detection algorithm currently running in Smartplanes. The goal is to demonstrate new advanced technology for multiple reconnaissance applications and be able to display the results such as in an incident report.