Autoland System Uses
Computer Vision
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July 28, 20190
The next generation of
autoland systems may not require any ILS signals to guide them. Scientists at
the Technical University of Munich have equipped a Diamond DA42 with a system
called C2Land that allows the aircraft to visually acquire the runway and then
calculate a glideslope to put it on the numbers. Because the computer vision at
the heart of the system uses visual and infrared sensors, it can find the
runways at night and in poor weather and couple that with GPS and algorithms to
bring the aircraft down.
After working on the
theory and writing three scientific papers on the concept, the scientists
conducted a live test a few weeks ago. A pilot was along for the ride and he
got the TwinStar pointed in the right direction before the computerized eyes,
hands and feet took over. With no input from the pilot, C2Land dropped the gear
and flaps and adjusted power and all axis controls for a centerline landing
just beyond the numbers.
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