The UFACET system flies a drone through scanning passes over a heliostat field, obtaining a video of heliostats sweeping through the field of view. We made progress with analyzing the resulting video, with the implemented code released in OpenCSP_Code. In addition, OpenCSP_Data contains the resulting post-processing analysis data, including both the final video showing tracked heliostats, estimated 3-d heliostat shapes and positions, and several intermediate computation results along the way.
R. Brost, D. Small, D. Novick, and B. Bean. High-Speed UAV Assessment of Heliostat Fields. Presented at Near Earth Autonomy, April 1, 2024.
R. C. Brost, D. E. Small, D. Novick, and B. Bean. High-Speed Assessment of Heliostat Fields without Disrupting Operations. ES 2023 17th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Washington, DC, July 2023.
R. C. Brost, P. A. Apostolopoulos, D. E. Small, D. K. Novick, N. R. Jackson, Micah S. Mann, and Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou. High-Speed In-Situ Optical Scanning of Heliostat Fields. SolarPACES 2021.
