Resumen
Aerial photography and filming represent an indispensable resource for the Creative Industries (CIs). When filming
in indoor environments, auxiliary devices as cable cams, camera rails, jibs, scaffolds or lifting platforms are being
employed, enabling to realize special aerial camera shots. With the rise of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS),
commonly known as drones, CIs are increasingly focusing on its use outdoors, providing significant advantages
over current photography and filming techniques such as widening the creative possibilities and freedom of camera
movement, less invasive and risky compared to auxiliary devices and affordable.
However, RPAS cannot be professionally employed indoors by the CIs. Existing RPAS lack of a precise, robust and
affordable indoor positioning system (IPS) as well as advanced safety features. Without a good IPS the control of
the RPAS in indoor environments is particularly difficult and even unsafe. Currently, there are three IPS suitable for
RPAS, but these are too expensive (¿200k), or present large limitations (e.g. sensitive to light conditions) for its usage
by CI SMEs. This jeopardizes the creative possibilities of CI and their competitiveness.
Hence, the main goal of AiRT project is to provide the European CI SMEs a tool that, by expanding their creative
spaces will help them to offer new services, which in turn will increase their changes to grow within the European
and international market. To accomplish this objective, AiRT project will develop the world's first indoor RPAS
specifically designed for professional use by the CIs.
As a result, over 900.000 European CI firms will benefit from the transfer of the latest advances in IPS, 3D scene
reconstruction, navigation and active / passive safety measures into an intelligent indoor RPAS, being able to avoid
both static and dynamic objects. In addition AiRT system could be programmed in order to fly autonomously, enabling
the CIs to focus on the camera control.
