UAV-Anwendungen im Bergbau - Modellversuche als Beitrag zur photogrammetrischen Forschung und Entwicklung

As basis for the ongoing digitization and automation in mining, the creation of visually appealing and highly accurate 3D models, as well as their automatic interpretation and processing, is of particular importance. Especially for surveying and inspection applications unmanned aerial systems equipped with cameras are now widely used and are state of the art. However the greatest future need for research certainly lies in data processing, where on the one hand the achievable model quality, and on the other hand the automated data interpretation for special mining related issues such as the characterization of muck-piles or geological characterization is at the center of the work. In particular, due to the possibility of reproducibility, but also due to higher operability, model experiments are currently playing an important role in photogrammetric research at the Montanuniversität in addition to classical real-scale investigations in the field. In the present paper, examples from applied and fundamental research are given, highlighting the added value of laboratory experiments while critically contrasting them with reality.