The goal of this project was to analyze, design and implement an autonomous quadrotor aerial vehicle for collaborative operations with autonomous ground vehicles. The main design constraints were to maximize payload and flight time. The quadrotor consists of a delrin hub with four aluminum arms, and is infused with an IMU and multiple range finder sensors. The quadrotor is capable of formation control, docking with the ground robot for power conservation during transit and rapid deploym

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Creator

• Saylor, Ashley K
• Sivak, John Joseph
• D'Entremont, James H
• Molina, Jose Gabriel
• Rosendahl, Eric D
• Corcoran, Ian Christopher
• Allen, Kyle J

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-031411-140744

Advisor

• Nestinger, Stephen
• Demetriou, Michael A.

Year

• 2011

Date created

• 2011-03-14

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering
• Robotics Engineering
• Aerospace Engineering

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• In Copyright