www.ugcs.com

Universal ground control software

Alexey Dobrovolsky

CTO, SPH Engineering

Typical UAV flight scenario

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Select UAV from repository

Draw flight plan on a 3D/2D map

Take into account terrain and buildings

Verify and simulate flight plan

Assemble and prepare equipment

Upload and run flight plan

Display and analyze online telemetry data

Store and analyze flight history

Who is a typical UAV operator?

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Police officer

Firefighter Rescuer

Cameraman SurveyorPower line inspector

…and who is not?

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GeekSoftware developer

Why focus on software?

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At least 50% of your UAV

operation speed and

productivity depends on

the software efficiency

and convenience

U[g]CS main idea

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Control all unmanned

vehicles with a single

software

U[g]CS operator’s perspective

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Mapping 3D / 2D maps

WMS

SRTM, ARC ASCII

KML, KMZ (with COLLADA)

Flight planning

Drawing tools for basic waypoints, perimeters, areas, circles, buildings selection

Routing with terrain and obstacles

Elevation profile

ADS-B support

U[g]CS operator’s perspective

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Monitoring Telemetry and payload data

Vehicle support

Microdrone waypoints/downlink

MAVLink

Fleet and teamwork

Multiple operators, operator repository

Multiple vehicles, vehicle repository

OS support Windows

MacOS

Ubuntu

U[g]CS preview

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U[g]CS preview

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U[g]CS tools for areal imagery and inspection tasks

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WAYPOINTS

AREA, PERIMETER

CIRCLE

BUILDING SELECTION

U[g]CS routing: obstacle avoidance

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Schematic route Planned route

U[g]CS flight monitoring

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Telemetry and payload data

Online view

Data recording

RTSP video streaming

Historical data playback

Safety warnings and errors

U[g]CS developer’s perspective

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Vehicle 1 Vehicle N

Vehicle specific layer

Universal control server

Human control interface

Operator 1 Operator N

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U[g]CS developer’s perspective

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• Customize UI layouts with XML-based definition language

• Add local languages support

• Perform advanced customization with C#

Human control interface

• Add telemetry data processing filters with Java SDK

Universal control server

• Add support for new vehicles and protocols with Java or C++ SDK

Vehicle specific layer

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U[g]CS versions

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U[g]CS Open

Free software

Online download

U[g]CS Pro

Paid version

Available for purchase on our online store

U[g]CS OEM

Version for partners

Can be branded and included into other products

U[g]CS schedule

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July 2013

U[g]CS Open Beta

August 2013

U[g]CS Release

Questions

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Thank You!

Alexey Dobrovolsky

SPH Engineering

Riga, Latvia

www.ugcs.com

Questions