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Autor:
Edwards, Barrett Bruce
Publikováno v:
Theses and Dissertations.
The viability of small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as a stable platform for specific application use has been significantly advanced in recent years. Initial focus of lightweight UAV development was to create a craft capable of stable and control
Autor:
Hall, James K.
Publikováno v:
Theses and Dissertations.
Utilizing the Euler-Rodrigues symmetric parameters (attitude quaternion) to describe vehicle orientation, we develop a multiplicative, nonlinear (extended) variation of the Kalman filter (MEKF) to fuse data from low-cost sensors. The sensor suite is
Autor:
Osborne, Stephen R.
Publikováno v:
Theses and Dissertations.
Vertical Take-Off and Land (VTOL) Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) possess several desirable characteristics, such as being able to hover and take-off or land in confined areas. One type of VTOL airframe, the tailsitter, has all of these advantages, as w
Autor:
Johnson, Neil G.
Publikováno v:
Theses and Dissertations.
The quadrotor helicopter is a unique flying vehicle which uses the thrust from four motors to provide hover flight capability. The uncoupled nature of the longitudinal and lateral axes and its ability to support large payloads with respect to its siz
Autor:
Curtis, Andrew B.
Publikováno v:
Theses and Dissertations.
Unmanned vehicle systems, specifically unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), have become a popular research topic. This thesis discusses the potential of a UAV-UGV system used to track a human moving through complex urban
Autor:
Bradley, Justin Mathew
Publikováno v:
Theses and Dissertations.
Using autonomous miniature air vehicles (MAVs) is a cost-effective, simple method for collecting data about the size, shape, and location characteristics of a forest fire. However, noise in measurements used to compute pose (location and attitude) of
Autor:
Christiansen, Reed Siefert
Publikováno v:
Theses and Dissertations.
This thesis presents the design of an autopilot capable of flying small unmanned aerial vehicles with wingspans less then 21 inches. The autopilot is extremely small and lightweight allowing it to fit in aircraft of this size. The autopilot features