Wind Speed and Direction Detection by Means of Solid-state Anemometers Embedded on Small Quadcopters

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Bruschi, P.; Piotto, M.; Dell’Agnello, F.; Ware, John W.; Roy, Nicholas
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Abstract
This work describes the application of a compact, MEMS-based, 2D anemometer to the estimation of a quadrotor's airspeed. Correcting for the vehicle's ground speed provided by internal GPS and inertial units allows this low cost, mobile platform to provide local wind speed estimates. A series of initial, bench-top tests were performed to characterize and calibrate the sensor, which is an improved version of a recently proposed and novel device. Additional full-scale wind tunnel experiments were performed with the sensor mounted on a fixed quadrotor to test the effect of the propellers on the sensor's performance. Keywords: wind sensor; quadcopter; MEMS; UAV
Date issued
2017-01
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114647
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Journal
Procedia Engineering
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Elsevier
Citation
Bruschi, P. et al. “Wind Speed and Direction Detection by Means of Solid-State Anemometers Embedded on Small Quadcopters.” Procedia Engineering 168 (2016): 802–805 © 2016 The Authors
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1877-7058
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