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Protegimus Protection security services | In operation themediumpair. Eachmarker has its own black-and-white pattern. O’Callaghan says the UAV can read the code on the largest marker from 15m. With the box’s identity and the UAV’s position with respect to this marker established, it can begin its descent, picking up the smaller markers during its approach. At 1 mabove the landing pad, the UAV can read the smallest marker and perform a precision final approach and touchdown. “The guided landingmode is triggered in light winds, which enables the UAV to performa ‘down to zero’ vision-guided landing,” O’Callaghan says. “Further algorithms are in place to ensure it can find the tag in low light or poor weather.” While the box has fewmoving parts, other than the retractable landing pad with its integral front door, it features a built-in weather station that incorporates a local wind sensor in the formof an anemometer, plus audio and visual beacons to provide warnings of when it is in the process of opening and launching the UAV. Attached external lighting makes it easier for the UAV to locate the markers from the air at night or in poor visibility. Idiployer says the system is hardware- agnostic in terms of UAVs and docking stations, and is also scalable in that users can add “unlimited” UAVs and boxes, and monitor them remotely over 4G/5G from anywhere in the world. Safety features centre on fail-safes that are triggered automatically if battery capacity is low, comms between the UAV and the box is lost, the GPS signal drops out or the box’s connection to the internet is disrupted. Its enterprise-grade security uses token-based authentication and end-to-end encryption. Protegimus shares responsibility for maintenance and repairs with Idiployer, O’Callaghan says. The system’s health is gauged by sensors integrated into the box and monitored remotely via the internet, and is also displayed to the operator on the FlytNow interface. This provides an overall go/no-go indication and flags up any issues with the battery, the Nexus box or the UAV itself. “That will be fed back to the maintenance team at Idiployer,” O’Callaghan notes. While the internet connection allows software-related problems to be tackled remotely through restarts, software patches and bug fixes, the box also has facilities intended to simplify hands-on maintenance, repair and component replacement. This is in the formof a diagnostics panel on the back that consists of 18 LEDwarning lights, each labelled to identify the component it represents. “It just saves time going in there to see what’s going on,” O’Callaghan says. “If any part needs to be replaced or repaired, we will get that information remotely and then send out the parts to our guys on site who are managing the system. They will be able to open the back, change the part and get the system running again.” Near-termupgrades centre on the launch of the newMavic 3Dock this February, with Protegimus extending its RCAPS service to airports and other transport and logistics sites, the retail, agriculture, energy and maritime sectors andmore. We’re on a search and employmission uncrewedengineeringjobs.com We’re on a search and employ mission Lighting positioned to illuminate the box and its ArUco markers helps ensure that the UAV’s camera can detect and read them, even in poor visibility