A system and method for aerial refueling at sea for unmanned boat

Abstract

The invention relates to a refueling system and method for an unmanned boat at sea. The system includes an unmanned aerial vehicle and an unmanned boat. The boat is equipped with a plane suction cup and a fuel tank to be replenished; the aerial refueling system of the present invention has reasonable design, simple structure, stable operation, convenience and quickness, and the whole refueling process of the system is completely autonomous without manual intervention, which can improve the effectiveness of unmanned boat refueling, and at the same time The danger of manual refueling at sea is avoided. The two ends of the refueling are fastened and fixed by positioning, so that the refueling operation has a high connection stability; at the same time, the combination of the UAV and the unmanned boat further improves the degree of unmanned and autonomous refueling, solving the problem of The problem of poor endurance has expanded the area of ​​action of the unmanned boat, which provides the premise and guarantee for the multi-functionality of the unmanned boat's offshore operations.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a refueling system and method for an unmanned boat at sea and in the air, which can perform refueling operations for the unmanned boat at sea without any manual intervention, and belongs to the technical field of unmanned boat applications. Background technique [0002] The surface unmanned vehicle is a small unmanned surface platform. In recent years, this unmanned surface platform has performed well in various special tasks, such as underwater mine clearance, underwater archaeology, geological exploration, anti-submarine, etc. It is mainly equipped with sensing equipment such as radar, inertial navigation, sonar, GPS, ultrasound, and camera, which can realize functions such as environment perception, navigation and obstacle avoidance, path planning, and anti-surge disturbance control. The driving method of the surface unmanned vehicle is to burn fuel oil through the internal combustion engine. Among them, the power supply o...

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Problems solved by technology

[0003] The endurance of the current unmanned boats is relatively poor, and it can only work for a few hours. For some small unmanned boats, the endurance is even worse

At present, the fuel supply of unmanned boats is mainly through manual refueling, but manual refueling can only be done on the shore or on the mother boat, so when the fuel of the unmanned boat is insufficient, the unmanned boat can only return to the shore or the mother boat for refueling. Come on, this will result in a low rate of task completion or even failure to complete the task

When the unmanned boat goes out to work, it is often unable to return to the voyage for refueling due to the particularity of the task, which greatly limits the area of ​​action of the unmanned boat, and also limits its autonomy and intelligence.

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