TY - GEN
T1 - In-flight launch of unmanned aerial vehicles
AU - Nauwynck, Niels
AU - Balta, Haris
AU - De Cubber, Geert
AU - Sahli, Hichem
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© (2018) by the International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO). All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This paper considers the development of a system to enable the in-flight-launch of one aerial system by another. The paper will discuss how an optimal release mechanism was developed, taking into account the aerodynamics of one specific mother and child UAV. Furthermore, it will discuss the PID-based control concept that was introduced in order to autonomously stabilize the child UAV after being released from the mothership UAV. Finally, the paper will show how the concept of a mothership UAV + child UAV combination could be usefully taken into advantage in the context of a search and rescue operation.
AB - This paper considers the development of a system to enable the in-flight-launch of one aerial system by another. The paper will discuss how an optimal release mechanism was developed, taking into account the aerodynamics of one specific mother and child UAV. Furthermore, it will discuss the PID-based control concept that was introduced in order to autonomously stabilize the child UAV after being released from the mothership UAV. Finally, the paper will show how the concept of a mothership UAV + child UAV combination could be usefully taken into advantage in the context of a search and rescue operation.
KW - Autonomous stabilization
KW - Control
KW - Heterogeneous systems
KW - Search and Rescue drones
KW - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85073791819&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85073791819
T3 - 21st International Symposium on Measurement and Control in Robotics, ISMCR 2018
SP - 90
EP - 93
BT - 21st International Symposium on Measurement and Control in Robotics, ISMCR 2018
PB - International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO)
T2 - 21st International Symposium on Measurement and Control in Robotics, ISMCR 2018
Y2 - 26 September 2018 through 28 September 2018
ER -