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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTROL AUTOMATION AND SYSTEMS
Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages 36-44Publisher
INST CONTROL ROBOTICS & SYSTEMS, KOREAN INST ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
DOI: 10.1007/s12555-010-0105-z
Keywords
Autopilot systems; autonomous navigation; flight control; remotely piloted vehicle (RPV); unmanned aircraft system (UAS); unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
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- Utah Water Research Lab (UWRL)
- Direct For Computer & Info Scie & Enginr
- Division Of Computer and Network Systems [0851709] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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This paper presents a Survey of the autopilot systems for small or micro unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The objective is to provide a summary of the current commercial, open source and research autopilot systems for convenience of potential small UAV users. The UAV flight control basics are introduced first. The radio control system and autopilot control system are then explained from both the hardware and software viewpoints. Several typical off-the-shelf autopilot packages are compared in terms of sensor packages, observation approaches and controller strengths. Afterwards some open source autopilot systems are introduced. Conclusion is made with a summary of the current autopilot market and a remark on the future development.
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