16.
485: VNAV - Visual Navigation for
Autonomous Vehicles
Luca Carlone
Lecture 6
based on slides by Markus Ryll
Agile Navigation with Aerial Vehicles
Vijay Kumar et al.
@Penn, 2012
Raffaello D’Andrea et al.
@ETH, 2015
Agile Navigation with Aerial Vehicles
Skydio (>~ 2015)
Agile Navigation with Aerial Vehicles
Lockheed Martin AlphaPilot AI Drone Innovation Challenge (2019)
Design Concepts
• Single rotor • Tandem rotor
✓ Good Controllability and ✓ Good Controllability and
maneuverability maneuverability
- Complex mechanics - Complex mechanics
- Large rotor - Large size
• Coaxial rotor • Quadrotor
✓ Compactness ✓ Good maneuverability
✓ Simple mechanics ✓ Simple mechanics
- Complex aerodynamics ✓ Big payload
- High energy consumption
4
Design Concepts
Vertical acceleration (thrust)
Propeller 4
velocity
Forces 1
Design Concepts
Hovering condition
Propeller 4
velocity
Forces 1
Design Concepts
Roll/Pitch
Propeller 4
velocity
Forces 1
Design Concepts
Yaw
Drag 4
Forces 1
Notation
Design Concepts
Vertical acceleration (thrust)
Propeller 4
velocity
Forces 1
System view
Source: http://ardupilot.org/copter/_images/
Pixhawk-Inforgraphic2.jpg