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Monitoring and control of a flying projectile and ducted fan
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| Title: | Monitoring and control of a flying projectile and ducted fan |
| Authors: | Lessig, Richard
Malikov, Maxim
Shah, Murtaza
Turilin, Andrey |
| Issue Date: | 26-Mar-2007 |
| Abstract: | Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a vital resource for military and civilian
purposes that can be used for scouting and surveying of remote and inaccessible terrain,
spying on enemy position, and security surveillance. The objective of this senior design
project is to construct a small autonomous flying vehicle capable of real time position
measurement with self-control. The UAV is composed of a ducted fan design powered
by a lithium ion polymer battery and utilizes accelerometers, magnetometers, and various
sensors for vehicle attitude measurement, position detection and obstacle avoidance. At
the center of the vehicle, an Atmel AVR ATMega16 microcontroller will gather and
process all the information from the sensors to maintain a constant stability of the system.
Utilizing Mathematica version 4 and the dynamics package associated with ProPac
version 3, the system dynamics will be modeled and verified. Based on this outcome, a
controller will be written in an embedded C program that will be converted into an
assembly language with Atmel AVR Studio. Finally, a prototype will be constructed and
evaluated in real flight tests, with revisions made accordingly. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1860/1344 |
| Appears in Collections: | Senior Design Projects (COE)
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