UAV Arena

The UAV Arena is a fixed and reconfigurable facility owned by INRIA and located at INRIA, 2004 route des Lucioles, Bâtiment Khan, Level 0, 06902 Sophia-Antipolis, France, with GPS coordinates 43.615435, 7.068126. Co-funded by the AgrifoodTEF initiative, this facility is designed to mainly support the testing, validation, and development of UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) technologies. Its reconfigurable nature allows for adaptable indoor experimental setups tailored to various needs, particularly in the agri-food domain. The UAV Arena serves as a controlled environment ideal for fine-tuning algorithms, sensor testing, pose estimation, evaluating UAV performance, and conducting repeatable trials under consistent conditions.

Description

At ACENTAURI, we host a dedicated indoor UAV Arena measuring 5 meters x 6 meters x 7 meters, specifically designed for the development, testing, and demonstration of mobility algorithms for both Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Autonomous Ground Robots (AGRs). This facility offers a controlled and customisable indoor environment, making it ideal for preliminary experimentation and fine-tuning of robotics systems before deployment in real-world conditions. Elements such as lighting, spatial configuration, ground truth data, and object placement can all be tailored to suit specific research or industrial use cases.

What could be offered through this facility?

The UAV Arena supports a wide range of capabilities, including data collection using UAVs and AGRs equipped with various sensors, and the validation and calibration of those sensors in a consistent environment. Its infrastructure includes a high-precision tracking system consisting of 12 cameras, enabling millimetre-level ground truth localisation. This allows for rigorous evaluation of positioning systems and sensor performance in complex scenarios.

Type of facility

Fixed

Reconfigurable

Sector