HORUS : High Operational Reliability for Unmanned Systems

Figuet, Benoit; Leibundgut, Prosper; Pedrioli, Andrea; Frauenfelder, Arno; Doran, Hans Dermot; Capone, Pierluigi

Publication type:	Conference paper
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	HORUS : High Operational Reliability for Unmanned Systems
Authors:	Figuet, Benoit Leibundgut, Prosper Pedrioli, Andrea Frauenfelder, Arno Doran, Hans Dermot Capone, Pierluigi
et. al:	No
Conference details:	48th European Rotorcraft Forum (ERF), Winterthur, Switzerland, 6-9 September 2022
Issue Date:	7-Sep-2022
Language:	English
Subjects:	Unmannend aerial vehicle (UAS); Safety
Subject (DDC):	629: Aeronautical, automotive engineering
Abstract:	In an effort to increase Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) mission safety and reliability, this paper introduces the HORUS prototype. HORUS is a small hardware device that allows UAVs to be flown with two Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Flight Control Units (FCU) instead of a single one traditionally. The HORUS device offers the possibility to manually switch from one FCU to the other but also to switch autonomously if the UAV gets out of the allowed geographic boundaries or out of its defined flight envelope. Although envelope protection or geofencing features are commonly available on COTS FCUs, they are generally not robust to sensor or FCU failures. But, as a result of its design, which has been developed following manned aviation safety process guidelines, the HORUS device offers high reliability and integrity. In this context, the main objective of this paper is to introduce the HORUS concept, to describe the software and hardware architectures and to demonstrate its functionality by showing some flight test results.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/27218
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	School of Engineering
Organisational Unit:	Centre for Aviation (ZAV)
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Figuet, B., Leibundgut, P., Pedrioli, A., Frauenfelder, A., Doran, H. D., & Capone, P. (2022, September 7). HORUS : High Operational Reliability for Unmanned Systems. 48th European Rotorcraft Forum (ERF), Winterthur, Switzerland, 6-9 September 2022.

Figuet, B. et al. (2022) ‘HORUS : High Operational Reliability for Unmanned Systems’, in 48th European Rotorcraft Forum (ERF), Winterthur, Switzerland, 6-9 September 2022.

B. Figuet, P. Leibundgut, A. Pedrioli, A. Frauenfelder, H. D. Doran, and P. Capone, “HORUS : High Operational Reliability for Unmanned Systems,” in 48th European Rotorcraft Forum (ERF), Winterthur, Switzerland, 6-9 September 2022, Sep. 2022.

FIGUET, Benoit, Prosper LEIBUNDGUT, Andrea PEDRIOLI, Arno FRAUENFELDER, Hans Dermot DORAN und Pierluigi CAPONE, 2022. HORUS : High Operational Reliability for Unmanned Systems. In: 48th European Rotorcraft Forum (ERF), Winterthur, Switzerland, 6-9 September 2022. Conference paper. 7 September 2022

Figuet, Benoit, Prosper Leibundgut, Andrea Pedrioli, Arno Frauenfelder, Hans Dermot Doran, and Pierluigi Capone. 2022. “HORUS : High Operational Reliability for Unmanned Systems.” Conference paper. In 48th European Rotorcraft Forum (ERF), Winterthur, Switzerland, 6-9 September 2022.

Figuet, Benoit, et al. “HORUS : High Operational Reliability for Unmanned Systems.” 48th European Rotorcraft Forum (ERF), Winterthur, Switzerland, 6-9 September 2022, 2022.