Questions tagged [drone]
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Why new/recommended MEMS IMU for AHRS for drones are 6-DOF instead of 9-DOF?
I'm developing an quadcopter as an DIY project.
I'm in nascent stage of development.
I've just finalized the design/working philosophy.
I'm planning to fuse data from 9-DOF (9-Axes) IMU + GNSS + ...
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Need to automate some simple actions of a drone
I am working on a student&enthusiast project that includes the participation of a few drones (copter-type). Right now, there is nothing complicated in their movements, just, for example 100 meters ...
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Designing S-Curve velocity profile for given Distance
I'm trying to create a high-level API for controlling a drone, where I tell it how far I want it to go (eg. moveForward(10)). The SDK allows me to give the drone an ...
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3D path planning for coverage of a given surface
I have a 3D model of a complex object. I have been able to generate all possible points that are around 1 m away from the surface of any part of the object, so the collision is not possible:
Now my ...
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Do electromagnets affect magnetometer calibration?
I am designing a landing pad for a drone that will have electromagnets built into the pad. My drone has a pixhawk 2 with PX4. I'm worried that the electromagnets in the pad will throw off the drone's ...
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What autopilot options are available for nano helicopters?
I am new to the world of drones and UAVs. While there are a ton of resources available online for quad-copters and multi-copters in general, I am really struggling with finding resources on ...
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Vulnerability of LiDAR systems for autonomous drones
I will soon be working on an autonomous drone project and we're planning to use LIDAR systems for localization & mapping.
However, at the same time, we are looking into how to make drones safer ...
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What devices can I use as a flight controller in a Quadcopter project? [closed]
I know that the flight controller is the heart of the quadcopter and a device which has to be considered greatly when building a quadcopter project. In regards to this quadcopter project that I'm ...
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Drone lost traj recovery
So I am using slam algorithm to localize the drone which is gps denied . The input to the slam algo is imu data and a video .
Now after the first run of the slam algorithm it creates the trajectory ...
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What can cause yaw rotation on a multirotor when yaw control is disabled?
Let's assume that I assembled a multicopter (quadcopter, hexacopter or octocopter) and let's say that I disable yaw control on it while roll and pitch controllers are enabled.
Now let's assume that I ...
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To calculate roll,pitch and yaw
How do I calculate roll,pitch and yaw value from the position co ordinates of the drone, that is x,y and z from the gps sensor???
Using the x,y and z co ordinates I have to calculate roll,pitch and ...
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Communication method between drone swarm members
I am a doing my FYP in drone swarm anti collision algorithm.
The project aims to develop an algorithm to fly a minimum of 3 drones and here are the requirements:
1-the drones can identify the ...
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Imaginary part in result of inverse laplace transform
I am working with a system(closed-loop feedback control) that has a transfer function like this
F = 20*(s+5)/(s^4+13.5s^3+41s^2+80*s+100)
this one is in the s-domain but for the response analysis, I ...
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Universities offering courses about Drones (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAVs]) [closed]
I am trying to gather some information about university courses offered about drones (or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles).
At the beginning, I thought that I would have found way more than what I found and ...
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Finding the right PD values for a quadcopter simulator
I am working on this short assignment where I have to find the right PD values for a simulated quadcopter. I have to reach 0.9 meters under 1 second with an overshoot of less than 5%. This is my ...
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How to calculate the pitch of the quadcopter rotor blade and their efficiency?
I have gone to some of the blade designs and profiles of the blade which suits my requirement. But, once after entering the Theoretical calculation, I was stuck in the determination or the ...
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Setting up rewards to account for UAV crashes (Reinforcement Learning)
I am working on a project to implement a collision avoidance algorithm on a real UAV. I'm interested in understanding the process to set up a negative reward to account for scenarios wherein there is ...
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EKF-SLAM what should the observation model be?
I am implementing an EKF algorithm for a drone localization, and while I was defining the observation model I got a bit confused.
This is my situation:
I have a drone which is able to give me the ...
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Drone or UAV Platform for deployment of Deep Learning / Reinforcement Learning
Good day,
It has been a while since I last posted. I would just like to ask if anyone part of a lab or company doing research on aerial robotics has any suggestions of a good platform for deploying ...
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