Abstract
In the past few years, the adoption of drone technology across industries has increased dramatically as more businesses started to recognize its potential, uses, and scale of global reach. This paper proposes a design solution of a smart GPS quadcopter aircraft navigation system, discusses its hardware and software implementation process and eventually, analyses and reports the final test results. The flight path of the quadrotor is remotely manipulated via an Android based Graphical User Interface. This outdoor handheld application al-lows the operator to select a point of interest through Google map satellite view; consequently, the quadrotor takes off then hovers and ultimately lands on the destination location. Instructions in conjunction with coordinates are sent and received throughout a web server which serves the communication operation between the smartphone and the quadrotor. Experimental results yield fruitful data communication and successful autonomous flight control with smooth and stable maneuvering.
Highlights
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are deemed one of the utmost pioneering aviation innovations in the history of humankind
The work presented by [15] extended the earlier research study to implement an innovative approach of automatic navigation systems using two cameras with non-overlap in their respective field of views (FOVs)
Other lightweight solutions were explored; autonomous navigation of aerial vehicles throughout onboard Android smartphones were recently employed and developed [13], [19], [20], [21]. These communication devices are equipped with sensors and Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) essential for estimating flight condition data and orientation of the quadrotor
Summary
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are deemed one of the utmost pioneering aviation innovations in the history of humankind. Lots of contemporary research studies attempted at designing and developing different approaches and various methodologies towards the goal of achieving autonomous aerial navigation maneuvers [13] In this context, [14] proposed a framework, operational in unknown indoor and outdoor environments, of a Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV) with autonomous capabilities using one monocular camera, as exteroceptive sensor, along with an onboard Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU). Other lightweight solutions were explored; autonomous navigation of aerial vehicles throughout onboard Android smartphones were recently employed and developed [13], [19], [20], [21] These communication devices are equipped with sensors and IMUs essential for estimating flight condition data and orientation of the quadrotor. The solution in this paper proposes a novel methodology of achieving autonomous aerial navigation operations of a quadrotor with very simple, lightweight, customizable and inexpensive design framework using a combination of onboard GPS/IMU www.ijacsa.thesai.org and GSM/GPRS technology.
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