A Gimbaled Platform for Micro Aerial Vehicle Autopilot Simulation and Calibration

Abstract

This report describes a 3-degrees-of-freedom gimbaled platform designed to be used as a hardware in the loop simulator. This platform is designed to aid in the calibration and synchronization of micro aerial vehicles' autopilot components. This platform can also be used as a simulator allowing the autopilot to fly a computer model of the airframe. This allows for the quick and efficient verification of autopilot behavior with different airframes under various weather conditions within the lab.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA499517

Entities

People

  • Justin L. Shumaker
  • Kamal S. Ali
  • Lamarious Carter

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Automatic Pilots
  • Brushless Dc Motors
  • Calibration
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Computers
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Flight Simulators
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Inertial Measurement Units
  • Measurement
  • Micro Air Vehicles
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Robotics and Automation.