Combining Zigbee and inertial sensors for quadrotor UAV indoor localization

Libei Yut*, Qing Fei, Qingbo Geng

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Abstract

This paper presents the application of Zigbee and airspeed gauge to the problem of quadrotor UAV indoor localization in a known environment. A zigbee indoor location system was developed, where quadrotor was associated with the Zigbee wireless nodes for self-localization. Additionally, Inertial sensors, such as airspeed meter and accelerometer were used to increase the accuracy, and the extended Kalman filter (EKF) was used to make the data more stable. A variety of tests were carried out in an indoor environment. Results demonstrate that the localization system is viable, showing it to be effective, flexible and easily adaptable to various situations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2013 10th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, ICCA 2013
Pages1912-1916
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event2013 10th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, ICCA 2013 - Hangzhou, China
Duration: 12 Jun 201314 Jun 2013

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, ICCA
ISSN (Print)1948-3449
ISSN (Electronic)1948-3457

Conference

Conference2013 10th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, ICCA 2013
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHangzhou
Period12/06/1314/06/13

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