The ARNL researchers' project proposal entitled "Distinguishing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from birds and other flying objects in 3D LiDAR point clouds" has been awarded a grant from the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The winning research team consists of László András Majdik, PhD, Tamás Szirányi, DSc, Gábor Kovács, PhD, and Anita Keszler, PhD.

In the broadcasts presented in November two lead researchers of the Autonomous Systems National Laboratory (ARNL), head and deputy of the Research Laboratory on Engineering and Management Intelligence at HUN-REN SZTAKI, József Váncza and Gábor Erdős, also gave interviews and two invited speakers, Paul Shore and Peter De Wolf, were also introduced.

In case of mapping and object reconstruction tasks besides the calibration of the camera parameters evaluation of the precision of other system parameters (especially the orientation of drone and gimbal) is also important. Researchers of the HUN-REN SZTAKI, who are also active in the ARNL, designed and organized specialized flight tests in ZalaZONE Smart City to evaluate DJI M300 and Zenmuse P1 orientation precision.