The Flying Machine Arena as of 2010

Author

Lupashin, Sergei ; Schöllig, Angela ; Hehn, Markus ; D´Andrea, Raffaello

Author_Institution

Inst. for Dynamic Syst. & Control (IDSC), ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

fYear

2011

fDate

9-13 May 2011

Firstpage

2970

Lastpage

2971

Abstract

The Flying Machine Arena (FMA) is an indoor research space built specifically for the study of autonomous systems and aerial robotics. In this video, we give an overview of this testbed and some of its capabilities. We show the FMA infrastructure and hardware, which includes a fleet of quadrocopters and a motion capture system for vehicle localization. The physical components of the FMA are complemented by specialized software tools and components that facilitate the use of the space and provide a unified framework for communication and control. The flexibility and modularity of the experimental platform is highlighted by various research projects and demonstrations.

Keywords

helicopters; mobile robots; motion estimation; multi-robot systems; software tools; FMA hardware; FMA infrastructure; Flying Machine Arena; aerial robotics; autonomous systems; indoor research space; motion capture system; quadrocopters; software tools; vehicle localization; Automation; Bridges; Conferences; Hardware; Robots; Software; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2011 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

ISSN

1050-4729

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-386-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICRA.2011.5980308

Filename

5980308