Microraptor: a Low-cost Autonomous Quadrotor System
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This paper describes Microraptor, a complete low-cost autonomous quadrotor system designed for surveillance and reconnaissance applications. The Microraptor ground station is custom-made and features a graphical user interface that presents and allows the manipulation of various flight parameters. The aerial vehicle is a 4-rotor vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle that features the advantages of traditional helicopters with significant reduction in mechanical complexity. The vehicle frame is a handmade magnesium and carbon fiber structure. The onboard avionics system is a custom dual processor design capable of autonomous path navigation and data exchange with the ground station. The vehicle is outfitted with a video and still-photo system that provides real-time images to the system operator through the GUI. The system is being developed at Oakland University by a team of multidisciplinary undergraduate and graduate engineering students. Microraptor placed 5 th at the 2008 Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Competition and is set to compete again in June of 2009.
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