What is it about?
Quadrotors have stability issues. This publication presents stability augmentation results using distributed accelerometers and strain sensors. These are alternatives to typical IMU controls and are a promising technology that has not been fully explored. IMU's are typically placed at the center of the vehicle and rely on these solely on these measurements. With distributed accels and strain gauges, the advantage is that measurements are redundant and allows for a faster reaction to environmental flight disturbances.
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Why is it important?
These are alternative ways to tackle the stability issues associated to quadrotors and other small unmanned aerial vehicles.
Perspectives
These are explorations of existing technologies however applied to small aerial vehicles for purposes of stability augmentation. These allow for faster loop closures so they are definitely an interesting alternative which can enhance existing platforms.
Lina M Castano
University of Maryland, College Park
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This page is a summary of: Disturbance Rejection with Distributed Acceleration and Strain Sensing, January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
DOI: 10.2514/6.2015-1074.
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