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Captain Buzz: An All-Smartphone Autonomous Delta-Wing Drone

Authors:

Ramsey M. Faragher,

Oliver R.A. Chick,

Daniel T. Wagner,

Brian JonesAuthors Info & Claims

DroNet '15: Proceedings of the First Workshop on Micro Aerial Vehicle Networks, Systems, and Applications for Civilian Use

Pages 27 - 32

https://doi.org/10.1145/2750675.2750682

Published: 18 May 2015 Publication History

Abstract

Fully autonomous hobbyist drones are typically controlled using bespoke microcontrollers, or general purpose low-level controllers such as the Arduino[1]. However, these devices only have limited compute power and sensing capabilities, and do not easily provide cellular connectivity options. We present Captain Buzz, an Android smartphone app capable of piloting a delta-wing glider autonomously. Captain Buzz can control servos directly via pulse width modulation signals transmitted over the smartphone audio port. Compared with traditional approaches to building an autopilot, Captain Buzz allows users to leverage existing Android libraries for flight attitude determination, provides innovative use-cases, allows users to reprogram their autopilot mid-flight for rapid prototyping, and reduces the cost of building drones.

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Index Terms

Captain Buzz: An All-Smartphone Autonomous Delta-Wing Drone
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Embedded and cyber-physical systems
    1. Robotics
      1. Robotic autonomy
    2. Sensors and actuators

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DroNet '15: Proceedings of the First Workshop on Micro Aerial Vehicle Networks, Systems, and Applications for Civilian Use

May 2015

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ISBN:9781450335010

DOI:10.1145/2750675

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University of Padua
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KU Leuven
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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3264417
Mottola LWhitehouse K(2017)Flying Blind with Reactive Control of Aerial DronesGetMobile: Mobile Computing and Communications10.1145/3103535.310354521:1(25-29)Online publication date: 31-May-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3103535.3103545
Bregu ECasamassima NCantoni DMottola LWhitehouse KBalan RMisra AAgarwal SMascolo C(2016)Reactive Control of Autonomous DronesProceedings of the 14th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services10.1145/2906388.2906410(207-219)Online publication date: 20-Jun-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2906388.2906410
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