Towards Autonomy of a Quadrotor UAV

As the potential of unmanned aerial vehicles rapidly increases, there is a growing interest in rotary vehicles as well as fixed wing. The quadrotor is small agile rotary vehicle controlled by variable speed prop rotors. With no need for a swash plate the vehicle is low cost as well as dynamically si...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cowling, Ian
Other Authors: Whidborne, James F.
Language:en
Published: Cranfield University 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1826/4038