Integrated Electro-Aeromechanical Structures for Low-Cost, Self-Deploying Environment Sensors and Disposable UAVs

Integrated Electro-Aeromechanical Structures for Low-Cost, Self-Deploying Environment Sensors and Disposable UAVs. Pounds, P. E. I. & Singh, S. P. N. In International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2013. Accepted
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This paper presents a novel approach for constructing light-weight, low-cost sensor modules and miniature unmanned aerial vehicles which consist of printed circuit boards as integrated electronic, structural and aerodynamic lift-producing devices. In this way, each aircraft can be a single-piece, single-manufacturing step assembly, reducing materials, processing and labour costs. This approach allows the fabrication of devices that are sufficiently inexpensive so as to be economic for single-use or disposable applications, such as long-range sensor deployment for environmental monitoring. We present two example low-cost, proof-of-concept aircraft employing electro-aeromechanical structures –- rotary-wing and fixed-wing –- and demonstrate their flight performance.

@INPROCEEDINGS{eams.icra.2013,
  author = {P. E. I. Pounds and S. P. N. Singh},
  title = {Integrated Electro-Aeromechanical Structures for Low-Cost, Self-Deploying
	Environment Sensors and Disposable UAVs},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
  year = {2013},
  note = {Accepted},
  abstract = {This paper presents a novel approach for constructing light-weight,
	low-cost sensor modules and miniature unmanned aerial vehicles which
	consist of printed circuit boards as integrated electronic, structural
	and aerodynamic lift-producing devices.  In this way, each aircraft
	can be a single-piece, single-manufacturing step assembly, reducing
	materials, processing and labour costs.  This approach allows the
	fabrication of devices that are sufficiently inexpensive so as to
	be economic for single-use or disposable applications, such as long-range
	sensor deployment for environmental monitoring.  We present two example
	low-cost, proof-of-concept aircraft employing electro-aeromechanical
	structures --- rotary-wing and fixed-wing --- and demonstrate their
	flight performance.}
}

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