Atmos MARLYN ON A MISSION


The Marlyn VTOL drone uses its manoeuvrability to its full extent on missions specific to the agricultural and utilities industries. Equipped with its new MicaSense Altum


sensor, it now has an integrated radiometric thermal camera with five high-resolution narrow bands, producing thermal, multispectral and high-resolution imagery in one flight for advanced analytics. The multiple capabilities of the sensor gives the


drone the ability to capture calibrated data for use in crop health mapping, fertiliser management and disease identification in agriculture as well as water stress analysis, leak scouting and zone mapping in the utilities industry. To allow the data analysis to be absolute


to provide engineers with accurate and reliable power measurements for applications as demanding as the manufacture of energy efficient devices and appliances, plug-in hybrid/electric vehicles, lighting, aircraft and for renewable energy technologies. With one to six channels and the capability to measure harmonics up to the 500th order, it is an ideal device for comparisons of the input and output of three- phase systems, such as motors, inverters, actuators, energy recovery systems and generators and other applications requiring multiple input channels. Providing GP-IB, USB and Ethernet Modbus/ TCP connections and a web server, the WT1800E also gives engineers a comprehensive tool for power analysis which may easily be integrated with design or production software tool suites. Summarising the results of the choice to use


dedicated test instrumentation to verify the performance of the motors on the VTOL aircraft, Dokter says that because of the results from the power dissipation testing, Atmos knows that more thrust can be produced without the risk of the drive overheating. “We have a safety margin over and above what’s required in normal operation and that’s very important for us, because our name is on the aircraft, and the Atmos brand stands for reliability and performance,” he concludes.


❱ ❱ TOP RIGHT: The Yokogawa WT1800E Power Analyser is equipped with up to six measurement channels for performing detailed analysis on motors


rather than relative, part of the new sensor integration is also the DLS 2 light sensor for irradiance and sun angle measurements. The DLS 2 substantially improves the radiometric accuracy, while at the same time reduces the amount of post-processing time required. “The integration of the Altum with Marlyn is


the first instance of an upright VTOL platform being paired with such a sensor package, resulting in an excellent option for end users. The Altum’s high resolution imagers and USB storage feature mean high quality resolution multispectral data at higher altitudes with plenty of storage capacity for the captured files. This flexibility, combined with Atmos’ offering of the full drone package including the aircraft, sensor, flight planning and processing software makes this integration a good option for customers in these sectors,” says Drew Baustian of Atmos.


❱ ❱ BOTTOM RIGHT: VTOL capabilities combined with multi-spectral image sensors provides a wide range of data capture capabilities for the agricultural industry


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