DragonFly: a versatile UAV platform for the advancement of aircraft navigation and control

Author

Evans, Jennifer ; Inalhan, Gokhan ; Soon Jang, Jung ; Teo, Rodney ; Tomlin, Claire J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

14-18 Oct 2001

Abstract

The DragonFly experimental test bed is a platform that supports new research and innovations in navigation, fault tolerant control and multiple vehicle coordination. It consists of two UAVs with modular onboard avionics packages, which communicate through a wired and wireless network to the ground and lab development systems running QNX real-time OS. Its modularity and networked architecture is key in supporting such a wide range of concurrent research. This paper gives an overview of the DragonFly experimental test bed and the specific research goals that it currently supports

Keywords

aircraft control; aircraft navigation; avionics; fault tolerant computing; real-time systems; DragonFly experimental test bed; QNX real-time OS; UAV platform; aircraft control; aircraft navigation; fault tolerant control; modular onboard avionics packages; multiple vehicle coordination; networked architecture; wired network; wireless network; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft navigation; Communication system control; Delay; Electronic equipment testing; Extraterrestrial measurements; Global Positioning System; Hardware; Packaging; Unmanned aerial vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems, 2001. DASC. 20th Conference

Conference_Location

Daytona Beach, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7034-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.2001.963312

Filename

963312