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2012 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Waypoint Navigated Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Autopilot System
Authors : Chamira Sooriyakumara, S. Veera Ragavan, S. Madhavan
Published in: Trends in Intelligent Robotics, Automation, and Manufacturing
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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This paper describes the design and development of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and the implementation of a Waypoint Navigation System built using low cost, commercially available components. The scope of development consists of an aerial vehicle platform, communication system and ground control system. The UAV is constructed by using GAUI 330X quad copter platform and combining a custom designed onboard controller which carries out quad copter stabilization and waypoint navigation. The communication system is constructed using XBEE Pro modules. The ground control system carries out path planning and waypoint generation using A-star algorithm, video processing to identify the landing pad and management of communication between UAV and ground control station.