Setup of a communication and control systems of a quadrotor type Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Author

Crespo, Guadalupe ; Glez-de-Rivera, Guillermo ; Garrido, Javier ; Ponticelli, Roberto

Author_Institution

Human Comput. Technol. Lab. (HCTLab), Univ. Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

fYear

2014

fDate

26-28 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper outlines the communication and control systems of a quadrotor type Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The communication system comprises two different links, one for data and other for video signal, and all integrated by an autopilot module. The data link will be implemented using XBee modules and Mavlink communication protocol. The video transmission system will consist of two separate links which can work together avoiding interferences by using orthogonal polarization each other. It is also given some insights of the onboard software architecture, which is based on the Pixhawk autopilot.

Keywords

autonomous aerial vehicles; control systems; software architecture; Mavlink communication protocol; Pixhawk autopilot; XBee modules; autopilot module; communication system; control systems; data link; orthogonal polarization; quadrotor type unmanned aerial vehicle; software architecture; video signal; video transmission system; Attitude control; Batteries; Cameras; Protocols; Receivers; Sensors; Transmitters; Mavlink; Pixhawk; UAV; XBee; autopilot; quadcopter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design of Circuits and Integrated Circuits (DCIS), 2014 Conference on

Conference_Location

Madrid

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DCIS.2014.7035590

Filename

7035590