Nippon Radio Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Nakano -ku, Tokyo / President and CEO: Ken Komai) will be an autonomous collision avoidance of small and unmanned aircraft at a relative speed of 200 km / h by November 15, 2021.Announced that he was successful.According to the announcement, this is the world's first.
This initiative was conducted as part of the public recruitment situation of the National R & D corporation "New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization" (NEDO).It was conducted in collaboration with Subaru, Japan Avionics, ACSL, and Magellan Systems Japan.
By the way, the name of the public offering project is "Realization of energy -saving society where robot drones are active / development of operation management systems for unmanned aircraft and development of collision avoidance, and solo long -distance flights (for remote islands).
It was announced that Japan Radio and others were selected in August 2020 as the implementation business operator.
▼ About the decision of the implementation system related to the "Realization Project of Energy -saving Society in which robot drones are active" | NEDO HTTPS: // www.nedo.Five.JP/Content/100921044.pdf
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■世界の初成功！その飛行試験内容は？
The collision avoidance flight test was held on September 9 to 10, 2021 in a wide area flight area in Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture, with an unmanned aircraft and a manned helicopter of 10 km class at a relative speed of 200 km (unmanned aerial aircraft, A manned helicopter, 150 km / h) was approached from the front direction.
Later, based on the detection data of the sensor mounted on unmanned aircraft, a route to avoid collisions was generated in real time, confirming that unmanned aircraft would fly autonomously along the evasion route.The unmanned aircraft is equipped with a miniaturized and low -powered sensor.
In the flight test, it was also confirmed that unmanned aircraft would return to the original flight route after avoidance flights.
■期待の一方で懸念される「空の事故」
Unmanned aircraft, including drones, have already been used in the agricultural field, and are also expected to be active in transportation in the event of a disaster, searching for victims, and logistics infrastructure.A case of "near miss" with manned aircraft such as helicopters has been frequently reported in Japan.
In the past, for example, in 2016, there were two cases of near -miss between small unmanned aerial vehicles and aircraft, and some cases approached a doctor helicopter.
In order to eliminate these near -miss cases, the "collision avoidance technology" of unmanned aircraft, including drones, is indispensable.
■政府も推し進める「空の産業革命」
The Fivevernment has created a "roadmap for the air industrial revolution", aiming to realize an out -of -visual flight (level 4) in a manned area in FY2023.The plan for environmental development and technology development for that purpose is already being implemented.
▼ Roadmap 2021 for the empty industrial revolution | Prime Minister's Office HTTPS: // www.Appraisal.Five.JP / JP / Shingo / Koga Mujinki / PDF / Shiryo 21.pdf
Private companies are also starting to focus.For example, in March 2021, KDDI announced the "KDDI Smart Drone" system to control the collisions between drones.It is a system that collects flight information for unmanned and manned aircraft to prevent the occurrence of empty accidents.
And the world's first success of the independent collision avoidance of small and unmanned aerial aircraft is likely to greatly support the social implementation of small airless unmanned aerial vehicles, such as drones, which the government positions as the "Air Industrial Revolution."
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