PROCESS AUTOMATION OF WAREHOUSE INSPECTION USING AN AUTONOMOUS UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE

Inventory management applications using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) appear to have the highest potential for use in warehouse operations. They remove need manual inspection, which is most cases performed heights ladder, pen and paper. Moreover, it provides a competitive edge field of logistics while decreasing costs improving stock efficiency. Deployment autonomous UAVs an indoor environment puts higher requirements level autonomy due more complex nature (narrow crossings, absence Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), smaller manoeuvring space, dynamic environment, etc. ...). In this paper, we would like introduce system automation planning, managing, executing inspection. The goal provide easy-to-use framework inspection task that any operator capable it. consists two main parts - user interface path planner. Using created human-machine (HMI), able define workspace task. planning module takes as input definition defined by plans optimised collision-less path. can visualise generated mission, launch it, observe mission execution progress real time receive results. functionality verified simulation well test flights made simulating UAV called AV Discovery built Airvolute s.r.o.