Design of a positioning and a mission management system for builder drones

This master's thesis is part of the research project led by Pr. Pierre Latteur and his team at the Civil Engineering Department of UCLouvain, on the use of drones for building real-life structures in order to robotize construction processes. In previous years, drone compatible construction elements and different positioning systems for the drone were developed using multiple technologies: ultra-wideband, total station and computer vision. The next step was to integrate those systems together in a single more robust and reliable positioning system that could send its information to the flight controller unit. Additionally, a guidance system had to be developed to allow the planning of flight missions and their correct execution by the drone. In this report we will explain the development of these two steps and show experimental results of flight missions.