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1 Robotics Introduction PDF
1 Robotics Introduction PDF
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in 2010
Number of UAVs 10000
worldwide
1000
100
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1980 1990 2000 2010
Drones
Aerial Robots
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Drones mischaracterize what these things are. They're not
dumb. Nor are they unmanned, actually. They're remotely
piloted aircraft. - Gen. Norton Schwarz, August 10, 2012
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UAVs = RPVs = Aerial Robots = Drones
Remotely
Piloted Vehicles
(RPVs)
Drones
Aerial Robots
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Aerial Robotics
We are here!
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Regulation
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The Skies will be Abuzz with Drones!
acquired by
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Micro Aerial Vehicles
Boeing
Scaneagle
(20 lbs)
Hummingbird (1 lb)
Boeing X-45A UCAV (12,000
AscTec Gen. AtomicsGen. Atomics
Predator (7,000 lbs) lbs)
Pelican Predator (2,250 Northrop-Grumman
(3.5 lbs) lbs) Global Hawk
(32,200 lbs)
Mass
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Types of Micro Air Vehicles
● Fixed wing
Insect flight
● Flapping wing ●
● Avian flight
● Helicopter
● Rotor crafts ● Ducted fan
● Co-axial
● Quadrotor
● Hexrotor
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Quadrotor
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Quadrotor
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