TY - GEN
T1 - Prototyping during the requirements elicitation process in the development of an underground unmanned aerial system
AU - Green, Jeremy
AU - Marnewick, A.
AU - Pretorius, J. H.C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/12/16
Y1 - 2015/12/16
N2 - Prototyping of subsystem and system components is most often thought of as a development task. This paper shows the usefulness of prototyping as an activity in the requirements elicitation process, prior to any development activities. It is approached from the field of engineering and technology management. It uses the Requirements Engineering approach to identify tools and methods for the development of the requirements for an underground unmanned aerial system for use in South Africa's' gold mines to inspect box-holes and ore-passes. Box-holes and ore-passes are vertical tunnels through which the ore must pass in moving from the stope, where it is mined, to the shaft, where it is hauled to the surface for processing. The more familiar new product development framework is compared to the requirement engineering process. The prototypes of a number of subsystems are presented, namely, a quadrotor platform, a platform preservation sensor array, an optical flow sensor for position holding, a vision sensor for operator visualization, and an operator interface. The perceived significant technological challenges are discussed as motivation in the choice of these subsystem prototypes that will be used in the interviews that are to form the basis of the requirements elicitation activity.
AB - Prototyping of subsystem and system components is most often thought of as a development task. This paper shows the usefulness of prototyping as an activity in the requirements elicitation process, prior to any development activities. It is approached from the field of engineering and technology management. It uses the Requirements Engineering approach to identify tools and methods for the development of the requirements for an underground unmanned aerial system for use in South Africa's' gold mines to inspect box-holes and ore-passes. Box-holes and ore-passes are vertical tunnels through which the ore must pass in moving from the stope, where it is mined, to the shaft, where it is hauled to the surface for processing. The more familiar new product development framework is compared to the requirement engineering process. The prototypes of a number of subsystems are presented, namely, a quadrotor platform, a platform preservation sensor array, an optical flow sensor for position holding, a vision sensor for operator visualization, and an operator interface. The perceived significant technological challenges are discussed as motivation in the choice of these subsystem prototypes that will be used in the interviews that are to form the basis of the requirements elicitation activity.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84962361030&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/RoboMech.2015.7359499
DO - 10.1109/RoboMech.2015.7359499
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84962361030
T3 - Proceedings of the 2015 Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa and Robotics and Mechatronics International Conference, PRASA-RobMech 2015
SP - 60
EP - 65
BT - Proceedings of the 2015 Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa and Robotics and Mechatronics International Conference, PRASA-RobMech 2015
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa and Robotics and Mechatronics International Conference, PRASA-RobMech 2015
Y2 - 25 November 2015 through 26 November 2015
ER -
