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SUAS Indoor Flight Laboratory Overview

SUAS Indoor Flight Laboratory Overview. 11 JAN 2014. Craig Cox DR-II RQVA Air Force Research Laboratory. Facility Overview. Large indoor space with real-time position/attitude data for multiple vehicles Safety plan allows testing of certain vehicle types without additional approval

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SUAS Indoor Flight Laboratory Overview

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  1. SUAS Indoor Flight Laboratory Overview 11 JAN 2014 Craig Cox DR-II RQVA Air Force Research Laboratory

  2. Facility Overview • Large indoor space with real-time position/attitude data for multiple vehicles • Safety plan allows testing of certain vehicle types without additional approval • Less than 3 pounds • Electric power (or unpowered) • Landing speed less than 10 mph • Restrictions on wingspans and rotor spans

  3. Flight Lab Geometry = Vicon camera 55’ ~20’ flying height Control Station 70’

  4. Data Acquisition • TruthServer provides position/attitude information for multiple vehicles • 60 Vicon motion capture cameras provide excellent coverage of entire space • Precisions are ~1 mm, ~0.1 deg • Smoothed real-time data eliminates effect of occasional Vicon camera dropouts and blips • Raw data is also available in real-time • Information is multicast to multiple network clients using a well-defined protocol

  5. Vehicle Control • RealtimeTruthServer data serves as input to controller and vehicle • Customer may provide controller and vehicle • In-house controllers and vehicles are also available for certain tasks • In-house controllers and vehicles currently limited to small numbers (~3) • Planned upgrade will permit multiple controllers and vehicles (~12)

  6. Testing Uses • System ID of new vehicles under human or computer control • Cooperative control between multiple vehicles • Swarming research • “Dumb” vehicles, smart system response • Autonomous/intelligent vehicle behavior exploration

  7. POC • Craig Cox • AFRL/RQVA • 937-713-6728 • DSN 713-6728 • afrl.rqva.suaslab@us.af.mil • Craig.Cox.1@us.af.mil

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