Today small autonomous helicopters offer a low budget platform for aerial applications such as surveillance (both military and civil), land management and earth sciences. In this paper we introduce a prototype of autonomous aerial vehicle, the Helibot helicopter, specifically designed for applications in cooperative networks. Fundamental steps in the design process of an UAV are shown. We also present work in progress in the field of failure detection and a novel idea to the problem of failure recovery using a terrain vision system.
Safe flying for an UAV Helicopter / Mancini, Adriano; F., Caponetti; Monteriu', Andrea; Frontoni, Emanuele; Zingaretti, Primo; Longhi, Sauro. - STAMPA. - 2007:(2007), pp. 1-6. (Intervento presentato al convegno 15th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED) tenutosi a Athens, Greece nel June 27-28, 2007) [10.1109/MED.2007.4433946].
Safe flying for an UAV Helicopter
MANCINI, ADRIANO;MONTERIU', Andrea;FRONTONI, EMANUELE;ZINGARETTI, PRIMO;LONGHI, SAURO
2007-01-01
Abstract
Today small autonomous helicopters offer a low budget platform for aerial applications such as surveillance (both military and civil), land management and earth sciences. In this paper we introduce a prototype of autonomous aerial vehicle, the Helibot helicopter, specifically designed for applications in cooperative networks. Fundamental steps in the design process of an UAV are shown. We also present work in progress in the field of failure detection and a novel idea to the problem of failure recovery using a terrain vision system.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
