8. Scope Of UAV In Japan
- 2. It has been more than fifteen years in the history of UAVs in Japan when the unmanned helicopters were first developed and introduced an efficient way of supplementing the manned helicopters being used to spray pesticides on rice fields. Later, as unmanned helicopters became more useful and the social environment surrounding agriculture changed, the number of unmanned helicopters surged.
- 3. In recent years, unmanned helicopters have found applications in pesticide spraying, aerial seeding, and observation of volcanoes (like Mt. Usu and Miyake Island). Recently, the natural disasters occurring in Japan have led to an increase in the number of ways that unmanned helicopters are being used outside of the traditional agricultural field, such as in observation of geological features and landslides.
- 4. The Japan Agricultural Aviation Association under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, sets standards governing the use of unmanned helicopters for agricultural applications. including pilot training and aircraft registration. An Unmanned Helicopter Consortium was formed in 2002 by the companies Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., Kawada Industries, Inc., Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd, and Yanmar Agricultural Equipment Co., Ltd. involved in the development, manufacture, and utilization of unmanned helicopters.
- 5. They have been investigating standardized safety guidelines, with guidance from the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, concerning the use of unmanned helicopters in applications other than the agricultural sector. The formulation of “low altitude” safety guidelines for unmanned helicopters in commercial use over unpopulated areas was completed by the Consortium in the year 2004. In future, it will be necessary for the manufacturers, users, and people involved in research, marketing, operation and other aspects of UAVs to work together to ensure practical and uniform implementation of the relevant safety guidelines. It will be necessary to implement safety standards for all unmanned aircraft, especially the unmanned fixed-wing aircraft. Therefore the expansion of the Unmanned Helicopters Consortium was discontinued as Japan witnessed the formation of the Japan UAV Association (JUAV).
- 6. The first unmanned helicopters for agricultural use were introduced in Japan more than ten years ago and today the unmanned aircraft is an efficient and adaptive tool to the social environment surrounding agriculture. The agricultural sector is deployed with more than 2000 unmanned industrial helicopters today. This is a field in which further expansion and development are expected of Japan as a world leader in the industrial sector.
- 7. The traditional realm of unmanned aircraft has its operators limited to the range of direct visibility. However, the remarkable technological advances have enabled fully autonomous flight for unmanned aircraft, thereby broadening the possibilities for an unmanned flight far beyond the visible range, to altitudes and airspaces which were formerly accessible only by manned aircraft. The remote-controlled computerized system has enabled unmanned aircraft to be used in fields such as observation of volcanoes and typhoons.
- 8. Kawasaki Aerospace Company Zero Moment Point (ZMP) Inc. enRoute Information and Science Techno Systems (ISTS) Saitotec Prodrone AeroSense
- 9. It is the Aerospace Department of Kawasaki Heavy Industries and one of Japan’s first aircraft industries. It is involved in the production of aircraft, space systems, simulators, jet engines, missiles, and electronic equipment. It has developed numerous aircraft for the Imperial Japanese Army, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force. It was founded in 1918. Kawasaki is a prime contractor of Japanese Ministry of Defense. It is in the commercial aviation business involved in the joint international development and production of large passenger aircraft, Boeing, 170, 175, 190, and 195 jets, turbofan engines. It also develops and manufactures payload fairings, and Payload Attach Fittings (PAF). It works for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. It provides services to the H-IIA rocket.
- 10. It was established in 2001. They released the humanoid robot PINO as their first product. The humanoid robots Nuvo and Miuro were introduced in the years 2005 and 2006 respectively. It became a member of the 'Association for Market Creation of the Future Generation Robots' to promote the diffusion of robotic technologies in everyday life. It formed a joint venture – “Aerosense” with Sony in 2015 to build commercial drones for survey and inspection of remote areas.
- 11. It manufactures multi-copters for commercial applications like land survey, infrastructure inspection, security, and agriculture spraying. It was involved in a project to test long-range drone control where they tested the cellular LTE network.
- 12. It provides a number of UAV systems, from fixed wing to helicopter and multi-copter. The Martin line of multi-copter includes the S-I and M-II models. The M-II for transportation infrastructure inspection comes with support for various sensors, including thermal and near infrared and RGB cameras, while the S-I is made for aerial photography applications with support for various models of RGB and infrared cameras.
- 13. It manufactures the Yoroi and Kabuto line of UAV multi- copters. The Yoroi, which includes a new carbon shell design, is a heavy lifting model with two versions that have maximum payload specs of 10kg (22 lbs) and 35kg (77 lbs), and coming with massive wingspans of 1,790mm and 2,400mm, respectively. The Kabuto is Saitotec’s other working drone series which utilizes carbon plating and folding rotor arms for compact transportation. It comes in 4 to 8 rotor versions, with max payload specs of from 2.8kg (6 lbs) to a massive 35kg (77 lbs), and max flight times of 20 to 40 minutes.
- 14. It produced the small camera, waterproof drone PD4- AW capable of a water landing to the 20kg (44 lbs) payload possible. Prodrone also has developed the PD6B-AW- ARM, a version of the PD6B- AW, equipped with two internally-developed robotic arms, enabling it to accomplish a variety of tasks.
- 15. It is a joint venture between Sony and ZMP Inc for the development of drone-based inspection services. The current platform built for their service is the AS- MC02-P multi-copter, which is capable of fully automatic flight missions.
- 16. Yamaha R-Max Kawasaki KAQ-1 Japan has maintained its position as a leader in technology in the world with its great innovations and projects. It is the land of rising robots.
- 17. It is a Japanese unmanned helicopter company. It was developed by the Yamaha Motor Company for the purpose of aerial agricultural response. It used two-bladed gasoline-powered aircraft which could be remotely-controlled by a line-of- sight user. It now provides services in agriculture, reconnaissance, disaster response, and technological development. It uses Yamaha Attitude Control System (YACS) and has an endurance of 1 hour. It can withstand a maximum payload of 28-31 kg.
- 18. It is a small, radio-controlled target drone aircraft built with the purpose of training fighter pilots for use in air-to-air missiles, and to train anti- aircraft gunners on the ground. It uses a 72 horsepower (54 kW) engine to reach speeds up to 220 mph (350 km/h) and fly up to over 250 miles (400km). It has a parachute-rigged to its engine mounts for its reusability and recovery. It was used by the armed forces of both Japan and the United States. It has a range of 441 km with a maximum speed of 354 km/h.