Design of a Foldable Multirotor for Rapid Deployment in Complex Environments

Shengrong Hu, Yixian Li, Teng Gao, Qiang Wang*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

To cope with complex scenarios and unexpected situations, it is important to improve the portability and rapid deployment capability of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This work addresses a 120 mm diameter foldable multirotor for rapid deployment in complex environments called ALIENER by hand-launched and pneumatic tube-launched, carrying a 1.5 kg payload to meet a variety of different mission requirements. The arm folding mechanism uses using torsion springs and a locking mechanism for automatic deployment and reliable locking of the arm. The strength of the locking mechanism is calibrated to ensure that it can be locked reliably without structural failure. This work also includes the design of the launcher, which uses compressed air as the power source to eject 4 kg objects to a height of 5 m. The ALIENER's automatic attitude stabilization capability is tested through handheld throw flight deployment flight experiments, demonstrating its flight process and verifying the feasibility of the design and control.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 3rd 2023 International Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems (3rd ICAUS 2023) - Volume I
EditorsYi Qu, Mancang Gu, Yifeng Niu, Wenxing Fu
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages237-248
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9789819711062
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event3rd International Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems, ICAUS 2023 - Nanjing, China
Duration: 9 Sept 202311 Sept 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume1170
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems, ICAUS 2023
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNanjing
Period9/09/2311/09/23

Keywords

  • arm foldable mechanism
  • foldable multirotor
  • rapid deployment
  • unmanned aerial vehicle

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