Conference proceeding
Autonomous hovering of a fixed-wing micro air vehicle
2006 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION (ICRA), VOLS 1-10, v 2006, pp 2164-2169
01 Jan 2006
Abstract
Recently, there is a need to acquire intelligence in hostile or dangerous environments such as caves, forests, or urban areas. Rather than risking human life, back-packable, bird-sized aircraft, equipped with a wireless camera, can be rapidly deployed to gather reconnaissance in such environments. However, they first must be designed to fly in tight, cluttered terrain. This paper discusses an additional flight modality for a fixedwing aircraft, enabling it to supplement existing endurance superiority with hovering capabilities. An inertial measurement sensor and an onboard processing and control unit, used to achieve autonomous hovering, are also described. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first documented success of hovering a fixed-wing Micro Air Vehicle autonomously.
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- Title
- Autonomous hovering of a fixed-wing micro air vehicle
- Creators
- William E. Green - Drexel UniversityPaul Y. Oh - Drexel Univ, Drexel Autonomous Syst Lab, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
- Publication Details
- 2006 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION (ICRA), VOLS 1-10, v 2006, pp 2164-2169
- Series
- IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Number of pages
- 6
- Grant note
- 0347430 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000240886904057
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-33845655597
- Other Identifier
- 991014632608604721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Automation & Control Systems
- Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
- Engineering, Mechanical
- Robotics