Abstract
Quadcopters are useful for situations such as natural disasters, military purposes, healthcare implementations and intelligent systems. In order to be entirely applicable to these engineering areas; being portable, which means a foldable mechanical design for larger quadcopters, is vital. This brings up a new research topic, namely self-arm management. Without self-arm management, the quadcopter needs to be closed manually which is a limitation to functionality and more importantly, autonomy. To best to our knowledge, this paper presents the first self-foldable and self-deployable quadcopter design, named as Folly. This feature makes Folly effortlessly applicable to autonomous systems as it is more compact and transportable. In the design of Folly, we utilized a crank-slider mechanism and spur gears that give Folly the opportunity to automatically fold and deploy its arms in 0.6s. Moreover, as a new approach to deal with vibration effects in foldable quadcopter literature, the frame material of Folly is made acrylic. Folly is also equipped with two flight modes, which are the hover flight mode, and the object-tracking mode that enables indoor usage by preventing collision and increases functionality. The paper presents real-world experimental results to show the operational efficiency of Folly.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2018 6th International Conference on Control Engineering and Information Technology, CEIT 2018 |
Editors | Seref Naci Engin, Dogan Onur Arisoy, Muhammed Ali Oz |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781538676417 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2018 |
Event | 6th International Conference on Control Engineering and Information Technology, CEIT 2018 - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 25 Oct 2018 → 27 Oct 2018 |
Publication series
Name | 2018 6th International Conference on Control Engineering and Information Technology, CEIT 2018 |
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Conference
Conference | 6th International Conference on Control Engineering and Information Technology, CEIT 2018 |
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Country/Territory | Turkey |
City | Istanbul |
Period | 25/10/18 → 27/10/18 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2018 IEEE.
Funding
ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work was supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), Grant No: 2209-B.
Funders | Funder number |
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TUBITAK | 2209-B |
Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu |
Keywords
- Acrylic frame
- Battery
- Hover
- Object tracking
- Quadcopter
- Self-deployable
- Self-foldable
- Unmanned aerial vehicle