BUFFALO, N.Y., Nov. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/
-- University at Buffalo
consultants first approached Gorilla Netting in early 2019. For
over a year, the team at Gorilla Netting worked with consultants
and representatives of SUNY,
University at Buffalo (UB), to design,
engineer, and install a large netted drone enclosure system for
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) testing and research.
The result is a massive 24,000-square-foot research facility,
dubbed SOAR (Structure for Outdoor Autonomy Research)—The nation's
third-largest outdoor, enclosure drone-testing facility.
The netted drone enclosure is 200 feet long by 120 feet wide and
86 feet high, slightly more than half an acre. Gorilla Netting
designed and built the netting system using staged steel poles and
a little over 79,000-square-feet of 4" knotted nylon netting. SOAR
is located on the North Campus of University
at Buffalo, adjacent to Crofts Hall.
"The University at Buffalo is
committed to addressing society's most challenging issues. By
creating a research complex dedicated to exploring the tremendous
potential of uncrewed aerial vehicles, UB researchers, students,
and our partners will advance cutting-edge solutions that can help
global food security challenges, disaster response, and
anti-terrorism," says Kemper Lewis,
dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Because it is enclosed, and thus considered an indoor flight
facility, researchers will not be subject to Federal Aviation
Administration rules when testing UAVs. Researchers will use the
facility to conduct research on:
- Autonomous technology. This involves UAVs, as well self-driving
vehicles, which the university tests in the area outside the
complex.
- Sensors and surveillance. This field has applications in
agriculture, military, homeland security, law enforcement, wildfire
monitoring, bridge and building inspections, and other areas.
- Small parcel delivery and logistics. This includes studying
using drones to deliver goods.
- Drone fleets. UB researchers are exploring how drones can work
together in emergency situations.
The facility will also be a resource for undergraduate and
graduate students who study robotics and computer vision.
Additionally, it will benefit Western New
York companies interested in using the complex to test UAV
hardware.
"Our plan is to leave the netting up year-round," says
Chase Murray, assistant professor of
industrial and systems engineering. "This will enable us to conduct
tests and improve the performance of UAVs in the often-harsh winter
weather conditions that we encounter."
(Source: UB builds massive outdoor drone testing facility - UB
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http://www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/2020/11/drone-research.html)
"Many private companies and universities across the country have
benefited from Netted Drone Enclosure Systems, and other
organizations are moving forward with innovative netting systems.
Gorilla Netting was pleased to work with the University at Buffalo to provide them with a unique
netting system. The finished product is sure to impress anyone who
passes by and sees it." says Dolvin
Todd, President of Gorilla Netting LLC.
Founded in 2017, Gorilla Netting quickly became a leader in the
industry. Gorilla Netting specializes in sports and barrier netting
applications such as golf range barrier netting, baseball netting,
multi-sports complex netting, drone netting enclosures and cages
for technology development testing and training, overhead netting
and enclosures combined with security perimeter fences for
contraband prevention in correctional facilities, and litter
control fences for landfills and waste management facilities to
contain debris.
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Phone: 727-386-5438
Email: info@gorillanetting.com
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