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Item Restricted Development of two UAVs for volcano studies in southern Peru(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2017-10) Apaza, Joab; Scipión, Danny; Lume, Diego; Saito, CarlosThe development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has gained importance over the last few years due to the innovations brought to farming, architecture, and/or medicine. A novel field where they have been used is volcanology for its long-distance control and the possibility to add multiple sensors for sensing volcano parameters. Two UAVs will be constructed: a multi-rotor (quadcopter) and a fix wing airplane for studying the most active volcano in Peru, the Ubinas. The objective is to get important and useful volcano data without risking the lives of researchers. The quadcopter will be used for image capturing and video recording of the plume, while the airplane will fly close or through to the volcanic plume measuring temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, sulfuric dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide.Item Restricted Unmanned aircraft system for andean volcano monitoring and surveillance(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2019-09-26) Flores, Andres; Scipión, Danny; Saito, Carlos; Apaza, Joab; Milla, MarcoThe design, construction, and field testing of an unmanned aircraft system to monitor high altitude volcanoes is described in this paper. The system must be able to fly above the crater of the volcano and acquire important information such as images, video, and concentration of gases in order to assess potential risks to nearby population. The system must be able to fly above 6000 meters above sea level autonomously with telemetry data transmitted up to 7 km away. All aspects of the system were developed considering the extreme conditions at which the aircraft was subjected. Field experiments were accomplished on two volcanoes in Peru, being one of them currently under eruption.