Title :
Quadcopter design and implementation as a multidisciplinary engineering course
Author :
Gaponov, Igor ; Razinkova, Anastasia
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Korea Univ. of Technol. & Educ., Cheonan, South Korea
Abstract :
This paper describes a sample syllabus for the undergraduate course whose main objective is the design and implementation of quadrotor helicopter system. The class is intended to provide the students with both theoretical and practical knowledge in the areas of mechanical engineering and design, system integration, hardware programming, and control system design and implementation. The class has the objectives which are very clear for the students, and gaining practical skills in such a blend of several unrelated technical fields at the same time can give the students unique experience of system design and integration, which can prove to be very useful in their future career.
Keywords :
autonomous aerial vehicles; control engineering education; educational courses; control system design; control system implementation; hardware programming; mechanical engineering; multidisciplinary engineering course; quadcopter design; quadcopter implementation; quadrotor helicopter system; system integration; undergraduate course; unmanned aerial vehicles; Brushless DC motors; Control systems; Propellers; Robot sensing systems; Vehicles; education courses; engineering education; systems engineering education; unmanned aerial vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2417-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2416-8
DOI :
10.1109/TALE.2012.6360335