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Autopilot design for control of Rotorcraft Micro Aerial Vehicles (RMAVs) swarm

  • Beihang University

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Abstract

The vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) Rotorcraft Micro Aerial Vehicles (RMAVs) are playing more and more important roles in military and civil applications since they can significantly reduce the risk to human life and minimize economic damage. Many RMAVs working together as a swarm can solve the problem of limits in payload, vision range and data processing ability. They are of great development for completing complex missions in some serious emergency situations. These problems of autonomous control, navigation and collision avoidance are critical to the successful deployment of RMAVs swarm. A type of small size autopilot system comprising dual DSP microprocessor, Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), ultrasonic rangefinders, digital camera, and Wi-Fi module that can easily installed in RMAV has been designed. A RMAVs Swarm Test Platform significantly safe and efficient is established.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2014 IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation Symposium, PLANS 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1162-1167
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781479933204
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event2014 IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation Symposium, PLANS 2014 - Monterey, CA, United States
Duration: 5 May 20148 May 2014

Publication series

NameRecord - IEEE PLANS, Position Location and Navigation Symposium

Conference

Conference2014 IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation Symposium, PLANS 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMonterey, CA
Period5/05/148/05/14

Keywords

  • RMAVs swarm
  • Rotorcraft Micro Aerial Vehicles (RMAVs)
  • autopilot design
  • test platform

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