System design for a small autonomous helicopter
Jonathan M. Roberts, Pavan Sikka, Leslie Overs · QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) · 2000
The detailed system design of a small experimental autonomous helicopter is described. The system requires no ground-to-helicopter communications and hence all automation hardware is on-board the helicopter. All elements of the system are described including the control computer, the flight computer (the helicopter-to-control-computer interface), the sensors and the software. A number of critical implementation issues are also discussed.