| Development of an Inertial Measurement Unit for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
Feb 2011 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Khaled S Hatamleh; Angel Flores-Abad; Pu Xie; Gerardo Martinez; Brandi Herrera; Ou Ma; NEW MEXICO STATE UNIV LAS CRUCES DEPT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
|
 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are being deployed in a vast variety of military, civilian, industrial and agricultural applications. Dynamics modeling is an essential step towards designing autonomous controllers for UAV systems. The dynamics modeling on the other hand requires accurate records of the UAVs motion states during real flight tests, this is usually achieved using Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) and other necessary sensors. This work introduces the purpose, the development ... |
|
| Experimental Verification of a Systematic Method for Identifying Contact-Dynamics Model Parameters |
31-Jul-2007 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
Ou Ma; Jong Kim; Lucas Martinez; NEW MEXICO STATE UNIV LAS CRUCES
|
| This project is aimed at conducting an experimental test of a new and systematic method for identifying the key parameters of a general multiple-point contact dynamics model using a robotics-based experimental testbed. The hypothesis verified in this project is that the identification method is capable of identifying the stiffness, damping, and friction parameters all together from a same hardware test. Such an identification capability is very appealing to physical simulation ... |
|
| On-Orbit Identification of Inertia Properties of Spacecraft using Robotics Technology |
DEC 2006 |
52 pages |
| Authors:
Ou Ma; NEW MEXICO STATE UNIV REGENTS LAS CRUCES
|
| This technical report describes the results of a 6-month research project conducted by Dr. Ou Ma and one of his graduate students at the New Mexico State University under the AFOSR grant number FA9550-06-1-0284 starting in May 2006. In the project, a methodology of on-orbit identification of spacecraft inertia properties (i.e., the mass, the location of the mass center, and the inertia tensor) using a robotic arm was investigated. The ... |
|
Reports by Author
