Flight Simulation of a 3 gram Autonomous Glider

Jon Perry Entwistle and Ronald S. Fearing

EECS Department
University of California, Berkeley
Technical Report No. UCB/EECS-2006-80
May 24, 2006

http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2006/EECS-2006-80.pdf

The Microglider project at UC Berkeley aims at designing an autonomous, palmsized glider to serve as a test-bed for minimum sensor flight control. In order to quickly test and refine the flight control strategies of the microglider, a software tool is presented here which simulates the microglider in flight. The simulated glider is tested using ocelli and optical flow sensors, and a discrete motion control strategy is designed and refined.

Advisor: Ronald S. Fearing


BibTeX citation:

@mastersthesis{Entwistle:EECS-2006-80,
    Author = {Entwistle, Jon Perry and Fearing, Ronald S.},
    Title = {Flight Simulation of a 3 gram Autonomous Glider},
    School = {EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley},
    Year = {2006},
    Month = {May},
    URL = {http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2006/EECS-2006-80.html},
    Number = {UCB/EECS-2006-80},
    Abstract = {The Microglider project at UC Berkeley aims at designing an autonomous, palmsized
glider to serve as a test-bed for minimum sensor flight control. In order to quickly
test and refine the flight control strategies of the microglider, a software tool is presented
here which simulates the microglider in flight. The simulated glider is tested using ocelli
and optical flow sensors, and a discrete motion control strategy is designed and refined.}
}

EndNote citation:

%0 Thesis
%A Entwistle, Jon Perry
%A Fearing, Ronald S.
%T Flight Simulation of a 3 gram Autonomous Glider
%I EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley
%D 2006
%8 May 24
%@ UCB/EECS-2006-80
%U http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2006/EECS-2006-80.html
%F Entwistle:EECS-2006-80