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Recent research has had controlled landing on 2 motors in real robots (and one motor in simulation only). The main trick is to spin the whole vehicle around the
by robotresearcher 12y ago
Recent research has had controlled landing on 2 motors in real robots (and one motor in simulation only). The main trick is to spin the whole vehicle around the z axis (up-down) very fast, and modulate the speed of the remaining rotors to apply forces at different places around the centre of gravity. IIRC the one-rotor version didn't work on a real robot due to limits on the frequency response of the real-world motor controller.
- Istof 12y agoSounds plausible but I haven't read about this before and would like to know more, do you have a reference handy?
- aannoonn 12y agoIn regards to turning on the z-axis to be able to land with engine failure, I believe User is referring to Autorotation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorotation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorotation
- robotresearcher 12y agoNo, it's not autorotation. Here's a lovely demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek0FrCaogcs&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek0FrCaogcs&feature=youtu.be
- gcr 12y agoI thought autorotation was only useful if you're moving ahead very fast (high ground speed) while also falling. Is that right? Most drones are essentially hovering much of the time.
- gcr 12y agoSpinning the drone so fast that the modulation is usable doesn't itself sound very safe to me. It's an upgrade from "expensive rock with sharp blades falling out of the sky" to "expensive rock with sharp blades falling out of the sky spinning at X0 RPM, and the sharp blades are also spinning at X00 RPM"