  With the recent developments in the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), it is
expected them to interact and collaborate with their surrounding objects, other
robots and people in order to wisely plan and execute particular tasks.
Although these interaction operations are inherently challenging as compared to
free-flight missions, they might bring diverse advantages. One of them is their
basic aerodynamic interaction during the flight in close proximities which can
result in a reduction of the controller effort. In this study, by collecting
real-time data, we have observed that the current drawn by the battery can be
decreased while flying very close to the surroundings with the help of the
ceiling effect. For the first time, this phenomenon is analyzed in terms of
battery lifetime degradation by using a simple full equivalent cycle counting
method. Results show that cycling related effect on battery degradation can be
reduced by a 15.77% if the UAV can utilize ceiling effect.
