Future mesh-networked pico air vehicles
Future mesh-networked pico air vehicles
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Taken together, recent advances in microelectromechanical systems, wireless mesh networks, digital circuits, and battery technology have made the notion of autonomous pico air vehicles viable. In this work we describe the core technologies enabling these future vehicles as well as propose two possible future platforms. We draw on recent research on high thrust density atmospheric ion thrusters, microfabricated silicon control surfaces, and extremely low mass and power mesh networking nodes. Using the same open-source network implementation as we have already demonstrated in larger UAVs, these flying microrobots will open up a new application space where un- obtrusiveness and high data granularity are vital.
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Future mesh-networked pico air vehicles
2017-06-01
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Conference paper
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English
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