Aerial Monitoring and Image Processing (AMIP) Lab

The Aerial Monitoring and Image Processing (AMIP) Lab is an educational and experimental laboratory dedicated to the acquisition, processing and interpretation of aerial data taken by drones, optical sensors and remote sensing platforms. Aimed at students of the Master's Degree in Telecommunications, the laboratory develops advanced skills in communications for unmanned systems, signal and image processing, computer vision and artificial intelligence applied to land monitoring. The activities address the entire data processing chain: mission planning, image and video acquisition, georeferencing, transmission of data flows, three-dimensional reconstruction and automatic analysis of content. Students can experiment with mosaicking, orthorectification, semantic segmentation, object detection, tracking and classification techniques of multispectral and thermal images. The laboratory supports applications in numerous areas: environmental and coastal monitoring, precision agriculture, inspection of infrastructures and plants, civil protection, urban surveying, emergency management, security and protection of cultural heritage. Particular attention is paid to the quality of the data, the robustness of the algorithms, the location of the drone, the efficiency of wireless transmission and the secure management of the information collected. A central component is the use of deep learning models to extract high-value information from aerial data, including anomaly detection, object counting, evaluation of changes over time, and production of thematic maps.

Main instrumentation and equipment:

• multirotor drones and UAV platforms for experimental missions;
• high-resolution RGB cameras, thermal and multispectral sensors;
• GNSS/RTK receivers, IMUs and georeferencing systems;
• ground control station and flight planning systems;
• radio links and 4G/5G modules for telemetry and video transmission;
• GPU workstations for computer vision, photogrammetry and deep learning;
• software for geospatial processing, 3D reconstruction and GIS analysis;
• calibration targets and test benches for sensors and wireless links.

The laboratory provides an integrated environment for transforming complex aerial data into reliable information that can be immediately used for decision-making, monitoring and intervention on the ground.