Abstract
Presented in this paper are the design and experiments for a transformable Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) UAV. This work demonstrates shape-shifting transformation, building upon the conceptual designs put forth in [1] and [2], along with hardware prototyping and component testing from [3]. A deterministic model is presented to characterize the flight of the MIST-UAV in simulation. Experimental results from the platform demonstrate for the first time successful in-air transformation from multi-rotor, tail-sitter, and fixed-wing operation. Experiments also validated transformation repeatability, successfully testing multiple sequential transformations.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | 2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2019 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 1878-1883 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781538660263 |
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| State | Published - May 2019 |
| Event | 2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2019 - Montreal, Canada Duration: May 20 2019 → May 24 2019 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation |
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| Volume | 2019-May |
| ISSN (Print) | 1050-4729 |
Conference
| Conference | 2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2019 |
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| Country/Territory | Canada |
| City | Montreal |
| Period | 5/20/19 → 5/24/19 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:VII. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This material is based upon work partially supported by the National Science Foundation through grants IIS-1427014, CNS-1439728, CNS-1531330, and CNS-1544887. Sentera Inc. and Honeywell Inc. have also supported parts of this work. Ruben D’Sa was supported by a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship No. 00039202.
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