TY - GEN
T1 - Design principles of large quadrotors for practical applications
AU - Pounds, Paul
AU - Mahony, Robert
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Virtually all quadrotors used in research weigh less than 2 kg, and carry payload measured in hundreds of grams. To be useful platforms for expanded operations, these vehicles must be capable of carrying greater weight. Several obstacles in aerodynamics, design and control must be overcome to enable the construction of larger craft with payloads in excess of 1 kg. We report the key design considerations essential for the construction of heavy quadrotor MAVs and demonstrate a 4 kg quadrotor with 1 kg payload.
AB - Virtually all quadrotors used in research weigh less than 2 kg, and carry payload measured in hundreds of grams. To be useful platforms for expanded operations, these vehicles must be capable of carrying greater weight. Several obstacles in aerodynamics, design and control must be overcome to enable the construction of larger craft with payloads in excess of 1 kg. We report the key design considerations essential for the construction of heavy quadrotor MAVs and demonstrate a 4 kg quadrotor with 1 kg payload.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70350400598&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152390
DO - 10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152390
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9781424427895
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
SP - 3265
EP - 3270
BT - 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA '09
T2 - 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA '09
Y2 - 12 May 2009 through 17 May 2009
ER -