A multi-antenna approach for UAV´s attitude determination

Author

Consoli, Angelo ; Ayadi, Jaouhar ; Bianchi, Germano ; Pluchino, Salvatore ; Piazza, Francesco ; Baddour, Rami ; Pares, M. Eulalia ; Navarro, Jose ; Colomina, Ismael ; Gameiro, Atilio ; Tsetsos, Vassileios ; Sekkas, Odysseas ; Gatsos, Theodoros ; Navoni, R

Author_Institution

Eclexys Sagl, Riva San Vitale, Switzerland

fYear

2015

fDate

4-5 June 2015

Firstpage

401

Lastpage

405

Abstract

Nowadays, one of the major limits of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) is the set of low cost navigator sensors installed on them. They are vulnerable to vibration, high acceleration, high rotation and jerk. Furthermore, magnetometers drift significantly when located close to engines, to electromechanical devices or in areas with strong magnetic fields (for example grid power lines). This document describes an innovative approach using multi GNSS receivers for UAV´s attitude determination.

Keywords

aircraft antennas; aircraft navigation; antenna arrays; autonomous aerial vehicles; sensors; UAV attitude determination; electromechanical devices; engines; high acceleration; high rotation; jerk; low cost navigator sensors; magnetic fields; magnetometers drift; multiGNSS receivers; multiantenna approach; unmanned aerial vehicles; vibration; Accuracy; Antennas; Global Positioning System; Position measurement; Receivers; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; GNSS; accurate positioning; attitude determination; heading; unmanned vehicle control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Metrology for Aerospace (MetroAeroSpace), 2015 IEEE

Conference_Location

Benevento

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MetroAeroSpace.2015.7180690

Filename

7180690