| There are many technologies being used today | | | | is nice if the using terrain following |
| such as ultrasonic sensors, which provide | | | | devices, which if ultrasound is used are |
| non-contact for solution levels in liquid | | | | really inexpensive in the car wash industry |
| storage tanks. Using this technology the | | | | will cause a somewhat vertically |
| tanks can use non-corrosive methods to | | | | unpredictable flight pattern of that of a |
| prevent failure of parts. For instance in a | | | | bird, which moves with the currents and |
| fuel tank the bacteria can eat through a 505 | | | | updrafts crossing roads or downdrafts |
| (2-inch) think piece of stainless steel in | | | | crossing creeks and cooler air.You see the |
| about a week or so. Even plastic, which is | | | | simple instability of the relative wind along |
| made from petroleum products becomes brittle | | | | with the terrain ultrasonic control system |
| in such environments. So the solution in the | | | | pulling up when it gets close to the ground |
| various industries is to use sound waves to | | | | will look like the flight of a bird, one |
| control switches and float leveling systems. | | | | which you cannot see and you cannot hear if |
| One company in our industry is Compac | | | | it is electric. For all practical purposes a |
| Engineering which makes all types of "Eracta | | | | small delivery system similar to the birds in |
| Switches" like an erector set you build the | | | | Harry Potters Book five. The speed of sound |
| desired structure or device out of plastic, | | | | is a factor of air temperature and of course |
| insert their sensors, plug it in and you are | | | | air pressure and density but at slower speeds |
| completed. You can know soap levels, waster | | | | of a UAV is less of a consideration. A tree |
| water levels, freshwater levels using | | | | in the way would be a different signal bounce |
| devices, which do not corrode, rust or | | | | for sound than the ground, sensors can easily |
| deteriorate quickly.These same systems and | | | | see the difference.Right now much work is |
| other systems are used in car washes to guide | | | | being done on pedestrian radars using sound, |
| the car and systems close without touching | | | | which are now available in Europe on cars and |
| the car. In the previous decade electronic | | | | soon in US. Most major auto manufacturers |
| eyes were used, costly and often failed and | | | | have this and if you remember the last |
| each morning a ghost wash was needed to test | | | | Terminator Movie out now the robots, which |
| the system and if the control mechanism | | | | shoot rotating machine guns use sound to |
| failed the unit would touch the practice car | | | | identify targets, the disruption of the |
| and scratch it, ruining the paint. This newer | | | | returning of the sound waves is recognized by |
| technology is best suited in that it has less | | | | shape and therefore the object is identified. |
| moving parts and works very easily with less | | | | They call this technique windowing. The |
| mechanism for Murphyism and less weight of | | | | proximity sensors for car washes use a |
| components a critical issue in UAV operations | | | | complex series of ultrasonic sound pulses |
| since payloads are critical.The best little | | | | using emitters and receivers. But the systems |
| tiny UAVs which go by another term MAV- Micro | | | | can be easily made very simply and relatively |
| Air Vehicles can only carry 9-11 lbs. not | | | | weightless. Many animals in nature use such |
| much really, but enough to get the job done. | | | | signals to hunt; Bats for instance and |
| Every pound you save adds to the range of the | | | | Dolphins sonar. You see not too difficult to |
| craft for fuel or battery power in the case | | | | see why. Easy to use and light-weight. In |
| of many of the UAVs around. Electric MAVs and | | | | cold conditions the units, which gather ice |
| or Small UAVs for military purposes are | | | | could have a bit of a problem however most of |
| desired since they do not need fuel only | | | | the enemies of the US are near the equator, |
| setting a switch allowing the chemicals to | | | | where it is warmer. This system works day or |
| mix and cause a reation and start the process | | | | night and in stormy weather when proper |
| of making electricity. GPS guided units by | | | | filters are used. Another even cooler new |
| satellites are often best for UAV control in | | | | technology which has been recently adopted in |
| that the operator releases or hand launches | | | | the car wash industry is "passive ferrous |
| the unit and lets it go and the satellite | | | | object detection" this technology uses a very |
| guides it by electronic pulses or pinging | | | | simplistic approach which identifies natural |
| from satellite within way-points without any | | | | local magnetic disturbances in the Earth's |
| rhythm and therefore electronic pulses are | | | | natural magnetic field; another easy system, |
| not able to be blocked as signals. Without | | | | which can guide a UAV.Ultrasonic sensors can |
| blocking an entire band of frequencies and | | | | be solid state or newer chip technology to |
| that takes lots of power and directional | | | | work. UAVs, which can fly under radars and |
| awareness of UAV which if autonomous is | | | | line of sight around and through trees, like |
| nearly impossible to find or see and you | | | | birds and insects are the future of UAV |
| cannot know where it is since it's signature | | | | technology. It's a bird, It's a plane, no its |
| is less than the smallest bird.Also electric | | | | a UAV. Holly pilot-less RC modeling Batman. |