Title :
Aricopter : Aerobotic Platform for Advances in Flight, Vision Controls and Distributed Autonomy
Author :
Karaman, Sertac ; Aksugur, Mirac ; Baltaci, Taskin ; Bronz, Murat ; Kurtulus, Can ; Inalhan, Gokhan ; Altug, Erdinc ; Guvenc, Levent
Author_Institution :
Istanbul Tech. Univ., Istanbul
Abstract :
Aricopter is a COTS micro-helicopter heavily modified for research on embedded flight and vision controls, and distributed autonomy. In this work, we present an overview of the exciting development process of the flight hardware, the micro-avionics system, and the off-board vision implementations.
Keywords :
aerospace control; microrobots; mobile robots; robot vision; Aricopter; COTS; aerobotic platform; distributed autonomy; flight controls; micro helicopter; micro-avionics system; vision controls; Aerospace control; Blades; Distributed control; Electronic equipment testing; Helicopters; Remotely operated vehicles; Rotors; System testing; Tail; Torque; command and control; distributed autonomy; flight controls; ground robot; micro helicopter; unmanned air vehicles; vision controls;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, 2007 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1067-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1931-0587
DOI :
10.1109/IVS.2007.4290234
