An RF relay based control and communication system for Unmanned Ground Vehicle and Micro Air Vehicle

This paper presents a control and communication system for Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) - Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) based surveillance. Radio Frequency (RF) based relay communication system is used to communicate between the ground station and vehicles. These vehicle systems are meant to address a large number of civilian and military applications including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance through a collaborative communication network. A First Person View (FPV) approach is utilized to wirelessly pilot the vehicles. This paper discusses the on-board computation methodology of the vehicles and communication system with ground station through a custom interface. The integrated system concludes to present a technique to control and coordinate a robotic surveillance system.