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Design and Control of an Indoor Micro Quadrotor

Roland Siegwart
2004
Conference Papers

Abstract

Recent progress in sensor technology, data processing and integrated actuators has made the development of miniature flying robots fully possible. Micro VTOL1 systems represent a useful class of flying robots because of their strong capabilities for small-area monitoring and building exploration. In this paper we describe the approach that our lab2 has taken to micro VTOL evolving towards full autonomy, and present the mechanical design, dynamic modelling, sensing, and control of our indoor VTOL autonomous robot OS43.

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Roland Siegwart
2004
Conference Papers

Abstract

Official source

https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/14104d16-74a8-472d-8a96-d0281275bd54

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