Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) such as quadrocopters have gained great popularity over the last years, both as a research platform and in various application fields. However, some complex application scenarios call for the formation of swarms consisting of multiple drones. In this paper a platform for the creation of such swarms is presented. It is based on commercially available quadrocopters enhanced with on-board processing and communication units enabling full autonomy of individual drones. Furthermore, a generic ground control station is presented that serves as integration platform. It allows the seamless coordination of different kinds of sensor platforms.


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    Title :

    Towards autonomous micro UAV swarms


    Contributors:
    Bürkle, A. (author) / Segor, F. (author) / Kollmann, M. (author)


    Publication date :

    2011


    Size :

    15 pages



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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