24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-7.3.3

DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTONOMOUS MICRO AERIAL VEHICLE (MAV)

M. Buschmann, S. Winkler, P. Vörsmann
Institute of Aerospace Systems, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany

Keywords: MAV, autonomous flight, real-time data processing

This paper summarizes the recent work on Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAV) at the Institute of Aerospace Systems, comprising miniature Inertial Measurement Unit development and on-board computer design. The current prototype Carolo P50 is an autonomous MAV with a wingspan of 50 cm and a mass of 550 grams.

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