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The UgCS SkyHub solution is a hardware and software set designed to enhance

commercial-off-the-shelf UAVs capabilities for industrial purposes and to support integration

of diverse sensors.

UgCS SkyHub solution functions:

• Data collection from sensors like GPR, methane detector, echosounder, etc. which do not

have internal data logger. Data recorded in CSV format as well in the formats compatible

with specialized software for sensor data processing and analysis (SEG-Y, NMEA-0183,

etc.).

• Data fusion from the payload and UAV telemetry. Data without coordinates

(non-geotagged) is in most cases useless. UgCS SkyHub uses the positioning

information from the drone to geotag sensor data.

• UgCS SkyHub can supply NMEA coordinate stream to the external sensor. Some sensors

have internal data recorders but require an external GPS receiver. UgCS SkyHub can act

as such an additional GPS receiver by providing the UAV coordinates to sensors.

• Support for True Terrain Following for DJI drones to automatically keep constant

elevation over the surface using real-time data from a radar or laser altimeter.

• Support for Grasshopper mode for DJI drones. The mode provides the flight between

waypoints at a safe altitude and descends in waypoints to the set altitude to make

measurements (using NDT sensor, echo sounder, etc.) or to drop a parcel or seismic

sensor.

• Support for an external detector of obstacles to interrupt the flight and save the UAV,

especially if the weather conditions or payload configuration interfere with the built-in

sensors on the UAV or the UAV does not have such sensors.

• DJI M300 RTK

• DJI M600 / M600 Pro

• DJI M210 / M210 V2 / M210 V2 RTK

• Custom frames based on DJI A3 flight controller

• Drones based on Pixhawk autopilot with ArduCopter or PX4 firmware.

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UgCS SkyHub User Manual

Revision 6 • February 2022

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