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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"micro-UAV"”.
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Design of a folding antenna-integrated micro UAV
Micro-UAV devices can be used for a variety of purposes. This project is concerned with the design of such a device that will be used for high altitude antenna calibration. Such a UAV requires that an omni-directional antenna be integrated into the frame of the device to reduce signal interference. …
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Stabilization and Control of a Quad-Rotor Micro-UAV Using Vision Sensors
Quad-rotor micro-UAVs have become an important tool in the field of indoor UAV research. Indoor flight poses problems not experienced in outdoor applications. The ability to be location- and movement-aware is paramount because of the close proximity of obstacles (walls, doorways, desks). The …
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Design and development of a high-altitude, in-flight-deployable micro-UAV
A micro-UAV ([mu] UAV) system was developed to provide maximum endurance for a small atmospheric sensing payload. The system, composed of a ([mu] UAV) and protective case, folds and fits into a MJU-10/B flare cartridge (7.1" x 2.4" x 1.9") and is designed to be ejected in-flight from altitudes up …
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Real-Time Implementation of Vision Algorithm for Control, Stabilization, and Target Tracking for a Hovering Micro-UAV
… of completely autonomous control of a hovering micro-UAV using a complete on-board vision system. The on-board vision and control system is composed of a Helios FPGA board, an Autonomous Vehicle Toolkit daughterboard, and a Kestrel Autopilot. The resulting platform is referred to as the …
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Autonomous quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle for culvert inspection
… the foundation for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system for inspecting culverts. By expanding upon prior progress creating an autonomous indoor quadrotor, many basic hardware and software issues are solved. The main new functionality needed for the culvert inspection task was to utilize the …
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Time domain modeling of unsteady aerodynamic forces on a flapping airfoil
… the code is applied to the take-off problem of a micro- UAV to illustrate the ability of the code to compute transient forces. The novelty of this research resides in the consideration of square motions and the optimization of parameters to maximize thrust. Also, the ability of the code to show …
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Design and testing of a UAV-based, through-rubble vital sign detection RADAR using metaheuristic topology optimization
… effort at MIT Lincoln Laboratory to develop a micro-UAV based platform, capable of detecting survivors through rubble, under the funding of the New Technology Initiative (NTI) program. In support of this goal the thesis makes three distinct contributions. First, the operating environment of a …