MAV

Flight System Research

We are actively developing flight control computer systems for Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) using a camera as the primary sensor. The current iterations of the system are based around a microcontroller and have on-board and off-board components. Future versions of the system will be based around a DSP and an FPGA to allow for on-board vision processing.

Current System

-MAV128 Rev4C System
Our current testbed system for vision-based control.

-Evolution of the MAV128 (Coming Soon)
A brief history of the development of our flight system.

Active Research

-Vision-based Flight Control System (Rev 5)
Development of our next generation vision-based flight control system.

-Virtual Testbed Development
A virutal testbed for development and testing of real-time vision algorithms.

-FPGA-based Vision (Rev 6)
Investigating the applications of FPGAs to computer vision processing.

-DSP-based Vision (Rev 6)
Investigating the applications of DSPs to computer vision processing.

-Camera Technology (Rev 6)
Developing small cameras for use on-board our flight vehicles.

-uMAV Controller
On-board controller, smaller than a penny, used for stability augmentation of nano-air vehicles.

Previous Systems

-Vision-based Flight Control System (Rev 3)
Revision 1 and 2 were engineering prototype boards which evolved into this system.

Flight Data Archive (Login required)

-MAV Data Warehouse
Video, sensor data and datalogs.

-Altimeter Development
Schematic, datasheets, data and plots.

-Kalman Filter Development
Bad frame error detection and correction using a Kalman filter.