Abstract:
quadrotor microaerial vehicles (MAVs) are simple robotic platforms with regard to their construction. In their basic form, they are no more than two counterrotating propeller pairs attached symmetrically to a rigid crosslike frame, along with the means to control the speed of each individual propeller. This symmetric design has enabled the quadrotor to become a simple but powerful vertical takeoff and landing aerial platform popular among the robotics community.
Citation:
Abeywardena, D., Kodagoda, S., Dissanayake, G., & Munasinghe, R. (2013). Improved State Estimation in Quadrotor MAVs: A Novel Drift-Free Velocity Estimator. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, 20(4), 32–39. https://doi.org/10.1109/MRA.2012.2225472
