A Framework for Reliability/Safety Modelling and Evaluation of Multicopters (Multi-rotor Drones) and Electric powered Vertical TakeOff and Landing (eVTOL) Aircrafts.
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Aslansefat, K., Nikolaou, P., Walker, M., Akram, M. N., Sorokos, I., Reich, J., ... & Papadopoulos, Y. (2022, September). Safedrones: Real-time reliability evaluation of uavs using executable digital dependable identities. In Model-Based Safety and Assessment: 8th International Symposium, IMBSA 2022, Munich, Germany, September 5–7, 2022, Proceedings (pp. 252-266). Springer.
Dependable Intelligent Systems Lab., University of Hull
The KIOS Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence (KIOS CoE)
Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering
This framework is available under the MIT License.
The idea of the SafeDrone has been formed in Robotic and Industrial Complex Systems (RICS) research group at CTS UNINOVA, Portugal in 2018 and it will be extended via the Secure and Safe MultiRobot Systems (SESAME) H2020 Project under Grant Agreement 101017258 at the Dependable Intelligent Systems (DEIS) Laboratory, University of Hull, United Kingdom, the KIOS Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence (KIOS CoE) and Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering.
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