Research projects
Check out the research projects at SDU UAS Center

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CoffeeDrone
The high-level goal of Coffee Flowers is to encourage female entrepeneurship in Uganda by supporting sustainable farming practices. CoffeeDrone focuses on the role of drone technology in this context. Webpage is under construction.
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HERD
The project aims to address multi-robot collaboration and design and evaluate technological solutions that enable users to engage and control autonomous multi-robot systems.
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Long-duration High altitude balloons
Webpage is under construction. Contact Ulrik Pagh Schultz Lundquist (ups@mmmi.sdu.dk) or go to SpacelineLab.
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Muslingevagt
Webpage is under construction. Contact Kjeld Jensen (kjen@mmmi.sdu.dk).
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Precision seed breeding
The goal is to reduce herbicide consumption for weed control in the cultivation of grass seed. The developed algorithms are made available as open science.
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PROTECT
Drones are key in the PROTECT (Groundwater Protection in a Changing Landscape) research project that develops methods to prioritise groundwater protection in Danish land use planning.
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WildDrone
An international training network of 13 PhDs funded by the EU’s Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions to research and develop the use of drones for wildlife conservation.
Concluded projects
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AED delivery drone
Development of drone that can deliver defibrillators (AED) for quick response to cardiac arrest (student project).
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Aerial-Core
Developing technology for inspection and maintenance of linear infrastructures. Contact Emad Ebeid (esme@sdu.dk).
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AGAVE
Development of AI-based Geomodels from UAV Geoscanning for sustainable infrastructure.
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ArtDrone
Development of a real-time data acquisition system for drones that can detect and track icebergs in the Artic.
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BVLOS fast track
Exploration of BVLOS flights under current regulations
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Creative Sight
Development of a drone system to inspect ships for damages, wear and tear.
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Drone inspections of fences
Using drones to inspect fences around airports.
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Drone Use in Residential and Public Areas
Exploration of the general public's privacy concerns regarding drone use in residential and public areas. Contact Mette Præst Knudsen (mpk@sam.sdu.dk).
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Drone-based cleaning at hospitals
Exploring the use drones as a tool to clean and measure/inspect inaccessible surfaces at hospitals.
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Drone-based pumpkin counting
Development of software program to count pumpkins using image analysis on images taken by drone.
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DroneID
Drone identification and activity monitoring - First steps towards UTM in Denmark.
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Drones4Energy
Develpment of a collaborative, autonomous, and continuously operating drone system. Contact Emad Ebeid (esme@sdu.dk).
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Drones4Safety
Development of autonomous, self-charging, and collaborative drones for inspection of transportation infrastructure. Contact Emad Ebeid (esme@sdu.dk)
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EcoDrone
Devlopment of drone technology to spread ladybugs instead of pesticides.
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Fod4Wind
Development of drone systems for fully autonomous inspection and delivery of maintenance equipment to offshore wind turbines.
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Free the drones (FreeD)
Development of technologies that make it possible for drones to fly autonomously and safely BVLOS
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Genius
Establishment of a national 5G UAS network, that enables a reliable U-Space in the lower airspace.
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HealthDrone
Development of autonomous HealthDrones to transport patient samples, medicine, and medical equipment.
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Innovation on Wings
Support of small- to medium-sized Danish drone companies. Contact Mette Præst Knudsen (mpk@sam.sdu.dk).
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InvaDrone
Efficient survey and response to invasive species using drones.
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PotBot
Investigates how to integrate autonomous mobile robot platforms in the transportation of potted plants in horticultual gardens.
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Square meter Farming
Drones and artificial intelligence help farmers to achieve better growth in the fields.
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TeamPlay
Development of techniques to optimize software in embedded systems for time, energy, and security.
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The upcycled African drone
Development of an upcycled drone to be used for mapping tasks, using value sensitive design.
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Tool-drone to control weed
Use of drones to find hogweed using camera technology and artificial intelligence.
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UAS-Ability
Cooperation with the aim to ensure a national research infrastructure for drones.
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U-Space Funen
Danish private-public cooperation to establish the first U-space in Scandinavia.
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Valuing Christmas trees by using drones
Exloring the use of drones to optimise Christmas tree production.