Title :
Design and assembling of a UAV helicopter system
Author :
Guowei Cai ; Kemao Peng ; Chen, B.M. ; Lee, T.H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
A simple UAV helicopter is to be constructed as a test bed for the implementation of some newly developed nonlinear control technologies. The UAV helicopter consists of (a) an advanced toy radio-controlled helicopter as a basic aircraft; (b) a simple avionic system to be developed; and (c) a ground supporting system. The avionic system includes a miniature PC-104 computer system (airborne) and a MEMS (mechanical and electrical micro system) navigation and inertial measurement unit as a major sensing unit. A couple of full duplex transceivers are used to provide wireless communications between the helicopter and the ground unit. The ground transceiver and a computer system stationed in the ground form a supporting system. The UAV helicopter is to be used to implement automatic flight control systems.
Keywords :
aircraft computers; aircraft control; assembling; control engineering computing; ground support systems; helicopters; nonlinear control systems; remotely operated vehicles; MEMS navigation; PC-104 computer system; UAV helicopter system; advanced toy radio controlled helicopter; assembling; avionic system; ground supporting system; inertial measurement; nonlinear control; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft manufacture; Aircraft navigation; Assembly systems; Helicopters; Micromechanical devices; Radio control; Testing; Transceivers; Unmanned aerial vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Control and Automation, 2005. ICCA '05. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Budapest
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9137-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICCA.2005.1528213
