Seismic exploration in hard-to-reach hazardous environments like deserts is a very expensive and time-consuming process that involves a lot of human resources and equipment. These difficulties can be overcome with the implementation of robots, providing flexible mission design, safe operation, and high precision data acquisition. This work presents an autonomous robotic system to assist seismic crews in advanced data acquisition for near-surface characterization, shallow cavity detection, and acquisition grid infill. The developed system consists of a swarm control station and a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with seismic sensors. The architecture of the swarm control station, its individual blocks, features of UAV exploitation for seismic data acquisition tasks, hardware and software tool limitations are considered. Algorithms for planning UAV swarm flight paths, their comparison and trajectory examples are presented. Experiments utilizing 9 and 16 UAVs to record 171 and 144 target points, respectively, in harsh desert conditions are described. The results demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed system for seismic data acquisition. The developed robotic system offers flexibility in seismic survey design and planning, enabling efficient coverage of vast areas and facilitating comprehensive data acquisition, which enhances the accuracy and resolution of subsurface seismic imaging.


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    Title :

    Seismic Data Acquisition Utilizing a Group of UAVs


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    Publication date :

    2025




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    Article (Journal)


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    Electronic Resource


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