Voliro：ロータを傾斜可能な全方向ヘキサコプタ
Voliro: An Omnidirectional Hexacopter With Tiltable Rotors
6つのロータの傾斜機構により位置と姿勢の制御を分離し、全方向に機動できる新型ドローンの機体設計と制御系を提案し、実機実験で機動性を実証した。
著者: Mina Kamel, Sebastian Verling, Omar Elkhatib, Christian Sprecher, Paula Wulkop, Zachary Taylor, Roland Siegwart, Igor Gilitschenski
分類: cs.RO
原文アブストラクト
Extending the maneuverability of unmanned areal vehicles promises to yield a considerable increase in the areas in which these systems can be used. Some such applications are the performance of more complicated inspection tasks and the generation of complex uninterrupted movements of an attached camera. In this paper we address this challenge by presenting Voliro, a novel aerial platform that combines the advantages of existing multi-rotor systems with the agility of omnidirectionally controllable platforms. We propose the use of a hexacopter with tiltable rotors allowing the system to decouple the control of position and orientation. The contributions of this work involve the mechanical design as well as a controller with the corresponding allocation scheme. This work also discusses the design challenges involved when turning the concept of a hexacopter with tiltable rotors into an actual prototype. The agility of the system is demonstrated and evaluated in real- world experiments.
