Automated Battery Swap and Recharge to Enable Persistent UAV Missions

Automated Battery Swap and Recharge to Enable Persistent UAV Missions

This paper introduces a hardware platform for automated battery changing and charging for multiple UAV agents. The automated station holds a bu er of 8 batteries in a novel dual-drum structure that enables a "hot" battery swap, thus allowing the vehicle to remain powered on throughout the...

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Main Authors: Toksoz, Tuna (Contributor), Redding, Joshua (Contributor), Michini, Matthew (Author), Vavrina, Matthew (Author), Vian, John (Author), Michini, Bernard J. (Contributor), How, Jonathan P. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Aerospace Controls Laboratory (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2013-10-23T12:43:08Z.
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