| dc.contributor.advisor | Charles Coleman. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Davis, Jesse H. Z. (Jesse Harper Zehring), 1980- | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2005-05-19T15:29:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2005-05-19T15:29:00Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2002 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2002 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/16968 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2002. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-96). | en_US |
| dc.description | This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The theory, simulation, design, and construction of a radically new type of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are discussed. The vehicle architecture is based on a commercially available non-autonomous flyer called the Vectron Blackhawk Flying Saucer. Due to its full body rotation, the craft is more inherently gyroscopically stable than other more common types of UAVs. This morphology was chosen because it has never before been made autonomous, so the theory, simulation, design, and construction were all done from fundamental principles as an example of original multi-level autonomous development. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Jesse H.Z. Davis. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 131 p. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 6718468 bytes | |
| dc.format.extent | 6717840 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | |
| dc.subject | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. | en_US |
| dc.title | Hardware & software architecture for multi-level unmanned autonomous vehicle design | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Hardware and software architecture for multi-level UAV design | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | M.Eng. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 53478879 | en_US |
