Autonomous Navigation of Flying Quadcopter

Abstract

The goal of the project is to design a semi-autonomous Quadcopter, capable of self-controlled flight with the help of wireless communications. It utilises an Arducopter Version 2.6 having an in-built microcontroller. The size of Quadcopter is designed small enough to take care of expenses, therefore small scale motors and propellers are used in its construction. With the help of APM 2.6, Gyroscope, Accelerometer the Quadcopter maintains control. Raspberry Pie 2 is used as a development board which provides IDE for Python scripts. The design of Quadcopter is in plus ‘+’ configuration. The Quadcopter’s movement is controlled by varying the relative thrusts of each rotor. To roll or pitch, one rotor’s thrust is decreased and the opposite rotor’s thrust is increased by the same amount.
DOI: 10.17762/ijritcc2321-8169.150631