Title :
Safe flying for an UAV helicopter
Author :
Mancini, A. ; Caponetti, F. ; MonteriÙ, A. ; Frontoni, E. ; Zingaretti, P. ; Longhi, S.
Author_Institution :
Univ. Politec. delle Marche, Ancona
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.
Keywords :
aerospace robotics; air safety; aircraft control; helicopters; remotely operated vehicles; Helibot helicopter; UAV helicopter; autonomous aerial vehicle; cooperative networks; failure detection; safe flying; small autonomous helicopters; terrain vision system; Financial management; Geoscience; Helicopters; Military aircraft; Mobile robots; Process design; Prototypes; Remotely operated vehicles; Surveillance; Unmanned aerial vehicles; failure detection; flying/aerospace systems; mobile robotics; navigation and planning; sensor fusion; vision;
Conference_Titel :
Control & Automation, 2007. MED '07. Mediterranean Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1281-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1282-2
DOI :
10.1109/MED.2007.4433946
