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Micro Aerial Vehicles for Search, Tracking and Reconnaissance (MAVSTAR)

Micro Aerial Vehicles for Search, Tracking and Reconnaissance (MAVSTAR). Computational Mechanics and Robotics ARC Centre of Excellence in Autonomous Systems The University of New South Wales Australia. MAV Platform. Flybar. Fully custom-made Low cost (US$500). Carbon blades 4 plies

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Micro Aerial Vehicles for Search, Tracking and Reconnaissance (MAVSTAR)

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  1. Micro Aerial Vehicles for Search, Tracking and Reconnaissance (MAVSTAR) Computational Mechanics and Robotics ARC Centre of Excellence in Autonomous Systems The University of New South Wales Australia Tomonari Furukawa

  2. MAVPlatform Flybar • Fully custom-made • Low cost (US$500) • Carbon blades • 4 plies • 45deg/0deg/0deg/45deg IMU • Carbon frames • 3 plies • 0deg/90deg/0deg GPS Camera Ultrasonic sensor Battery Video Transmitter

  3. Indoor and Outdoor Performance Indoor flight Outdoor flight Indoor flight Outdoor flight

  4. UGV: Mechanical • Custom-made frame • 4WD • Off-road capability • Able to climb steps • 14km/h • 1 hour run time • Directional Microphone • Hostage Detection MAVSTAR, UNSW, AU

  5. Original Strategy • 4 Remote control MAVs • 4 Autonomous UGVs • BS • Strategy: • 1 MAV takes off from the IP • 2 MAVs are carried by UGV • 1 MAV stays in IP • MAV tasks: • Search and locate for obstacles, mines, guard and hostage • Search, locate and defuse mines and locate hostage • UGV tasks: • Relay MAVs’ signals • Search and locate obstacles, guard and hostage • Deactivate mines

  6. Aerial Demo • MAVs could hover under wind (<20km/h) • One of our custom-made UGVs could go around 500m • One mine was located and inactivated • Serious communication problems • Serial data communication (2.4GHz, Xbee Pro) for MAV only work for 20m, probably caused by external and unknown 2.4GHz transmitters.(Note that our pervious tests showed that the range is more than 1km) • Video transmission only work for UGV for 500m • Power problem • Power is off during the demo and all desktop computers shut down and recovered in 5 mins 6 MAVSTAR, UNSW, AU

  7. Acknowledgements Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) DSTO Defence Science and Technology Organisation MAVSTAR, UNSW, AU

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