Title
Modeling of dive maneuvers in flapping wing unmanned aerial vehicles
Abstract
For certain autonomous applications, flapping wing unmanned air vehicles (FWUAVs) provide a desirable balance between fixed wing and rotary air vehicles because they are fast, quiet, and maneuverable. Combined with autonomous stabilization and navigation, these platforms have the potential to allow close up chemical and visual inspections of areas using a dive maneuver. FWUAVs are good platforms for this task because they use limited wing motion and do not have to utilize propellers and rotors that would disturb the surrounding air. In this work, the diving behavior of a FWUAV is characterized and modelled. This model is then used in real time during flight to project dive paths and trigger an autonomous dive to descend to inspect an area.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/SSRR.2015.7443017
2015 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR)
Keywords
Field
DocType
dive maneuver modeling,flapping wing unmanned aerial vehicles,autonomous applications,FWUAVs,fixed wing,rotary air vehicles,autonomous stabilization,autonomous navigation,chemical inspection,visual inspection,autonomous dive,area inspection
QUIET,Drag,Data modeling,Wing,Computer science,Propeller,Simulation,Flapping wing,Marine engineering,Servomotor
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
2
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
L. J. Roberts100.34
Hugh A. Bruck201.01
Satyandra K Gupta368777.11