REMOTE CONTROLLED

WEAPON
STATION(RCWS)
CONTENTS
• REQUIREMENTS OF SYSTEM
• GYROSCOPE
• GYROSCOPIC SENSING
• GYROSCOPIC ACTUATION
• SPEED CONTROL OF YAW 
• MOVEMENT OF GIMBAL USING
HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT
Requirements of
the system:
Sensors
• Radio Frequency Analyzers – neutralizes
manually operated drones, can traceback the
operator.
• RADAR - identify and locate the unauthorized
UAS in the area.
• Cameras and Thermal Cameras - works with
RADAR to identify, locate and recognize the
target.
• Laser Rangefinders - works with other sensors
to identify and locate and has capability of
giving azimuth and elevation angles of target
and enhance targeting accuracy. 
• IMUs and Angular Accelerometers - measure
the vibrations caused by the weapon and
sudden shocks due to mobile vehicle.
Requirements of the
system: Mechanism
• 2-axis mechanism, generally called Pan-Tilt
Mechanism is required.
• 2-axis mechanism is capable of a pan (azimuth) of
360° non-stop and tilt (elevation) of ±60°.
• Mechanism along with its weight should bear the
weight of the sensors, weapon mounted on it (39
Kg for an M2 browning), ammunition and the
jerks and shocks.
• At least 200 Kgs (along with weapon) is expected.
Motor requirements can be pin-point according
to that.
Requirements of
system:
Technologies
• Computer Vision will be required to
identify the targets from cameras
and thermal cameras.
• RADARs and other sensors employed
for locating are to be integrated in
one platform.
• Gyro-Stabilization is needed for
recoils and shocks.
• Simulations are to be done after
identifying the system equations.
Requirements of
system:
Manual Control
• Serial communication for
transmission from joystick to
computer.
• Max distance between controller
and the weapon station 500ft.

Desired Feature:
• Can be controlled remotely from
anywhere.
Requirements of
system: Control
Parameters
• SPEED OF YAW 
• SPEED OF PITCH 
GYROSCO
PE
GYROSCOPIC SENSOR:

Used to find the Installed at the

Basically a MEMS
speed of the yaw connection of the
device.
and the pitch. pitch and the yaw.

3 axis sensing is
Used in the speed
needed along with
control of the yaw.
the accelerometer.
GYROSCOPIC ACTUATION:

Used to stabilize the system and the platform .

Consists of a flywheel which is rotated at high speed.

It resists the change in the orientation of the system.

 SPEED CONTROL OF THE YAW :

HYDRAULIC
ATmega328 MOTOR

I3G4250D
ww1.microchip.
com/downloads
/en/DeviceDoc/
ATmega48A-PA-
88A-PA-168A-PA Datasheet - I3G
-328-P-DS-DS40 4250D - MEMS
002061B.pdf motion sensor:
3-axis digital o
utput gyroscop
e (st.com)

Ref: Design Study of Gyro-stabilized, Remote-controlled Weapon Station, research gate 

Speed Control using hydraulic circuit:
Objectives for
upcoming week:
• Designing the electro-hydraulic system
for the control of yaw and the pitch
• Deriving some of the system equations
and simulating
Similar Works
• Zen technologies, a Hyderabad based Defense Training Solutions
Company, has similar project with a separate weapon base and sensor
base (both mobile) in contrast to this our aim is to integrate weapon
and sensor system altogether.
• ESG (Elektroniksystem-und Logistik-GmbH) has also been working on
CUAS