Autonomous Helicopter: stabilization

UC Berkeley final project for ME 135 (Design of Microprocessor-Based Mechanical Systems) and EE149 (Intro to Embedded Systems). The goal was to make an autonomous helicopter. This video shows the helicopter keeping itself level which is difficult to do since this is a 3D electric helicopter. These types have six degrees of freedom (can move forward/backward, side to side, up and down, as well as roll/pitch) allowing them to even fly upside down. All of the control was performed by an on-board micro-controller (National Instruments: Labview ARM) and data was sent via bluetooth to a ground station for later viewing. Eventually GPS and a kalman filter will be added so that the helicopter can travel to waypoints while its position is updated in real-time in google earth.

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• autonomous helicopter
• me 135
• ee149
• uc berkeley