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Brusov, V. (author), Grzybowski, J. (author), Petruchik, V. (author)
Flight investigations of aerodynamics and flight dynamics for micro-UAVs and mini-UAVs stimulate us to use automatic data acquisition systems to obtain valid estimations for UAV performances and characteristics. There exist many kinds of microprocessor-based and microcontroller-based data acquisition systems but all of them do not satisfy...
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Dernehl, C. (author), Franke, D. (author), Diab, H. (author), Kowalewski, S. (author)
This paper presents an overall MAV design with an integrated camera system. It shows the integration of the camera into the hardware and software architecture and how camera information can be used within the logical design for improving ?ight control. The presented architecture will be tested and evaluated during the International Micro Aerial...
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Gäbel, M. (author), Krüger, T. (author), Bestmann, U. (author)
This paper describes the hardware components and the embedded software of a self-designed unmanned aerial system (UAS) to fulfill the task of an autonomous indoor exploration. The project, the paper is based on, was conducted at the University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology by students and scientific researchers studying and working...
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Vaswani, V. (author), Loh, S. (author), Tan, B. (author), Singh, K. (author), Srigrarom, S. (author)
Historically, helicopters with four rotors (quad-rotors) have been very uncommon, mainly due to the fact that most of the common payloads could be lifted using one or two rotors. However, the quad-rotor possesses some special characteristics that make it attractive. One would be the superior payload capacity. Two, is the simplicity of the...
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Gerke, P.K. (author), Langevoort, J. (author), Lagarde, S. (author), Bax, L. (author), Grootswagers, T. (author), Drenth, R.-J. (author), Slieker, V. (author), Vuurpijl, L. (author), Haselager, P. (author), Sprinkhuizen-Kuyper, I. (author), Van Otterlo, M. (author), De Croon, G.C.H.E. (author)
This paper aims to contribute to research on biologically inspired micro air vehicles in two ways: (i) it explores a novel repertoire of behavioral modules which can be controlled through ?nite state machines (FSM) and (ii) elementary movement detectors (EMD) are combined with a center/surround edge detection algorithm to yield improved edge...
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Olivares-Mendez, M.A. (author), Kannan, S. (author), Voos, H. (author)
This paper focuses on the use of the Virtual Robotics Experimental Platform (V-REP) and the Robotics Operative System (ROS) working in parallel for design, test, and tuning of a vision based control system to command an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Here, is presented how to configure the V-REP, and ROS to work in parallel, and how to use the...
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Thielicke, W. (author), Kesel, A.B. (author), Stamhuis, E.J. (author)
Vertical and horizontal force of a flapping-wing micro air vehicle (MAV) has been measured in slow-speed forward flight using a force balance. Detailed information on kinematics was used to estimate forces using a blade-element analysis. Input variables for this analysis are lift and drag coefficients. These coefficients are usually derived from...
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Brusov, V. (author), Petruchik, V. (author)
A reasonable selection of wing airfoil is very important part of aerodynamic design process for micro-UAVs. The selected airfoil predetermines substantially performances of the designed UAV. This reason causes us to pay attention to the problem of UAV wing airfoil selection taking into account properties specific for micro-UAVs. A concept of...
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Hattenberger, G. (author), Bronz, M. (author), Gorraz, M. (author)
This paper presents an overview of the Paparazzi UAV system and its recent use in scientific research. Paparazzi is an open-source project that aims at providing a complete solution to fly fixedwing aircraft and rotorcrafts. Several hardware boards and sensors are also developed within the project. Since several years, it has been used by...
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Montazer Hojjat, H.R. (author)
In the design of Micro Aerial Vehicles, decreasing the size is one of the most common challenging aims and to approach this aim, the weight of the whole aircraft shall decrease and structure is the second part which has the most weight [13]. In this paper, the use of a shell structure made from Nylon 6/6 is studied. Nylon was chosen because of...
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Percin, M. (author), Hu, Y. (author), Van Oudheusden, B.W. (author), Remes, B. (author), Scarano, F. (author)
The work explores the use of time-resolved tomographic PIV measurements to study a flapping-wing model, the related vortex generation mechanisms and the effect of wing flexibility on the clap-and-fling movement in particular. An experimental setup is designed and realized in a water tank by use of a single wing model and a mirror plate to...
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Rys, A. (author), Czyba, R. (author), Szafranski, G. (author)
This paper outlines the mechanical architecture, hardware components, and software structure for an unmanned micro aerial vehicle (MAV) trirotor. It focuses on the practical approach to the design and assembly of an aerial platform with three rotors. Furthermore, an embedded microcontroller-based navigation and control system is proposed to...
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Langkamp, D. (author), Roberts, G. (author), Scillitoe, A. (author), Lunnon, I. (author), Llopis-Pascual, A. (author), Zamecnik, J. (author), Proctor, S. (author), Rodriguez-Frias, M. (author), Turner, M. (author), Lanzon, A. (author), Crowther, W. (author)
This paper is about the development of a novel type of non coplanar hex rotor with the ability to decouple translational and attitude dynamics. The proposed design features six variable pitch rotors arranged in three different rotor planes in order to point the thrust and torque vectors independently of body attitude. It is envisaged that this...
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Fuchs, C. (author), Borst, C. (author), De Croon, G.C.H.E. (author), Van Paassen, M.M. (author), Mulder, M. (author)
This research employs ecological interface design to improve the human machine interface of an existing ground control station for the supervisory control of UAV swarms. As a case study, a general ground surveillance mission with four UAVs is envisioned. An analysis of the swarming work domain is performed to generate a reduced set of means-end...
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Smeur, E.J.J. (author), Chu, Q.P. (author), De Croon, G.C.H.E. (author), Remes, B. (author), De Wagter, C. (author), Van der Horst, E. (author)
The concept of an aircraft capable of both hover as well as fast forward flight (hybrid) has recently been implemented on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Hybrid UAVs combine hover capability with long range and endurance. As UAVs are often required to operate without human intervention, there is a call for autonomous guidance of hybrid UAVs....
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Gillebaart, T. (author), Van Zuijlen, A.H. (author), Bijl, H. (author)
In this paper, the influence of wing flexibility and the 'clap-and-peel' motion (one versus two wings) on the upward (lifting) force in hover is studied. CFD simulations based on the ALE Navier-Stokes equations together with radial basis function mesh interpolation are used. For the 'clap-and-peel' motion an immersed symmetry plane is introduced...
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Szafranski, G. (author), Czyba, R. (author)
In this paper we focus on the different control strategies for the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The control task is formulated as an angular stabilization of the quadrotor platform, and also as a tracking problem of chosen state variables. The PID algorithm has been considered in three structures in respect of the optimal control signal...
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Serokhvostov, S.V. (author), Churkina, T.E. (author)
A model for Micro Air Vehicles (MAV) propeller performance evaluation is proposed and investigated. This model is derived on the basis of simple analytical relationships and is examined on a set of experimental data. It allows to predict the main propeller characteristics (for example, thrust coefficient, power coefficient, efficiency as...
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Cordero, M. (author), Trujillo, M.A. (author), Ruiz, J. (author), Jimenez, A. (author), Diaz, L. (author), Viguria, A. (author)
MAV (Micro Aerial Vehicle) systems have proven useful in multiple applications (e.g. aerial photogrammetry, aerial inspections,...). For each application different sensors and even different airframes are often needed. Having a flexible UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System) devices (specifically an autopilot, a payload manager and a ground control...
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Sagar, J. (author), Visser, A. (author)
For Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs), robust obstacle avoidance during flight is a challenging problem because only light weight sensors as monocular cameras can be mounted as payload. With monocular cameras depth perception cannot be estimated from a single view, which means that information has to be estimated by combining images from multiple...
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