Labyrinth – Ensuring drone traffic control and safety
The European drone project Labyrinth aims to keep new and conventional air traffic separate, especially in busy airspaces such as those expected in urban areas. The project provides a new drone traffic service and illustrates its potential to improve the safety and efficiency of civil land, air and sea transport, as well as emergency and rescue operations. Following the U-space concept, the project partners have developed and tested a system that receives flight intentions from drone operators and calculates collision-free routes for them. The system then monitors the flights and automatically recalculates the trajectory and sends new instructions when sudden events occur, such as a new geofenced area or a priority flight. Within the project, DLR was responsible for implementing the core and advanced U-space services involved, as well as the interface that allows operators to request optimised flight paths.
Labyrinth – Ensuring drone traffic control and safety
Labyrinth – Ensuring drone traffic control and safety
The European drone project Labyrinth aims to keep new and conventional air traffic separate, especially in busy airspaces such as those expected in urban areas. The project provides a new drone traffic service and illustrates its potential to improve the safety and efficiency of civil land, air and sea transport, as well as emergency and rescue operations. Following the U-space concept, the project partners have developed and tested a system that receives flight intentions from drone operators and calculates collision-free routes for them. The system then monitors the flights and automatically recalculates the trajectory and sends new instructions when sudden events occur, such as a new geofenced area or a priority flight. Within the project, DLR was responsible for implementing the core and advanced U-space services involved, as well as the interface that allows operators to request optimised flight paths.
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