ACCESS VEHICLES AND TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT

WARA PS Resources

A range of resources and technical equipment that are accessible to members of the WARA PS community. Details and links are available on this page. To discuss the use of resources or your needs, please contact us through the link below.

Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV)

The USV’s available in WARA PS ranges from the Saab Kockums autonomous boats, to our Mini-USV’s (described in more detail under “Our test platforms” below), to the autonomous foil board Evolo.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)

WARA-PS can provide access to drones of varying sizes and capabilities. Members can get access to both fixed wing drones and quadcopters, depending on the applications, as well as our Mini-UAV for tests (described in more detail under “Our test platforms” below).

Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV)

For tests and missions on land, WARA-PS provides ground vehicles such as the Boston Dynamics Spot robot provided by LiU AIICS, as well as our Mini-UGV (described in more detail under “Our test platforms” below).

Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV)

WARA-PS collaboration with SMaRC provide access to their underwater systems, such as the SMaRC LOLO and SMaRC SAM.

Space Systems

From the the NEST project DISCOWER comes DISCOWER ATMOS, a free-flyer platform developed at the KTH Space Robotics Laboratory for testing and validating space systems.

Sensors

WARA-PS provides access to a variety of sensors for data collections and tests. These include NRTK GPS for positioning, LIDAR, RADAR and cameras to be mounted on agents or used on their own.

Platforms

Besides the Core System, WARA-PS provides access to platforms with other capabilities integrated in the arena. One example is UTM CITY developed by LiU MIT, for unmanned air traffic management in cities.

OUR TEST PLATFORMS

Mini-USV

The Mini-USV is available for integration and early tests, mainly directed towards researchers in the arena who want to integrate their research results with hardware. There are multiple Mini-USV’s available, meaning that they can be used for research in swarm robotics and swarm control. Each unit has a Raspberry Pi, thus making them programmable using Python. The Mini-USVs are MQTT-agents but can easily be configured to ROS2.

OUR TEST PLATFORMS

Mini-UAV

The Mini-UAVs are built upon the same autonomous system hardware as the Mini-USVs where a Pixhawk is used for remote and autonomous control and a Raspberry Pi is the companion computer, responsible for communication and high-level functions such as Core System integration and video feed. The navigation system is guided by two GNSS systems, one normal and one RTK (Real Time Kinetic), both from uBlox. The Mini-UAV’s are built using Holybro S500 V2 kits that have been adapted for use in the arena.

OUR TEST PLATFORMS

Mini-UGV

As with the Mini-UAV, the Mini-UGV is based on Pixhawk and a Raspberry Pi, with two GNSS systems for navigation. It is prepared as an MQTT agent with docker support connected to the Core System. The platform has been used as a moveable landing pad for drones, ground truth position for camera object detection as well as tracking.