• Desenvolvimento e montagem de VANT de asa fixa de baixo custo para suprir a demanda de ensino e pesquisa nas áreas de Geociências 

      Renner, Leonardo Cardoso; Silva, Tatiana Silva da; Mendes Junior, Cláudio Wilson; Wiebbelling, Rodrigo Felipe; Breda, Gabriel Augusto (2020) [Artigo de periódico]
      This paper presents the assembly and development of a low-cost Skywalker X8 fixed-wing (UAV) platform for education and research. The use of these platforms for civil use has gained prominence in the last decade, due to ...
    • Detecting drainage pitfalls in open-pit mines and haul roads using UAV-photogrammetry 

      Benevenuti, Felipe Dille; Peroni, Rodrigo de Lemos (2021) [Artigo de periódico]
      Open-pit mines generally have operational problems such as puddling and inappropriate water flow over haul roads, particularly if located in areas with high rainfall indices. These situations increase truck cycle times, ...
    • Topographic modelling using UAVs compared with traditional survey methods in mining 

      Beretta, Filipe Schmitz; Shibata, Henrique Yahaguibashi; Córdova, Rodrigo Peixoto; Peroni, Rodrigo de Lemos; Azambuja, Jeremias Corbellini Brito de; Costa, Joao Felipe Coimbra Leite (2018) [Artigo de periódico]
      The current developments with unmanned aerial vehicles (‘UAVs’) are revolutionizing many fields in civil applications, such as agriculture, environmental and visual inspections. The mining industry can also benefit from ...
    • Using UAV for automatic lithological classification of open pit mining front 

      Beretta, Filipe Schmitz; Rodrigues, Áttila Leães; Peroni, Rodrigo de Lemos; Costa, Joao Felipe Coimbra Leite (2019) [Artigo de periódico]
      Mine planning is dependent on the natural lithologic features and on the definition of their limits. The geological model is constantly updated during the life of the mine, based on all the information collected so far, ...