OWPT Poster Session

[OWPTp-07] Extending the Flight Range of OWPT Dynamic Charged Micro-drones Based on Effective Use of Optical Beams

*Tomoya Watamura¹, Takuo Nagasaka¹, Tomoyuki Miyamoto¹ (1. Tokyo Institute of Technology)

For unlimited flight time of micro-drones, dynamic charging by optical wireless power transmission is promising. By analyzing the effect of beam shape on the power characteristics and optimizing the lens configuration, a vertical flight of up to 95 cm was achieved with a 30 W VCSEL array output.