Development of a small air robot with fixed wing and semi-autopilot system

Abstract

This paper describes the development of a small flying robot with semi-autopilot system, which was prepared to participate 3 rd European-US Micro Air Vehicle Competition. Since there was a limitation of size and available weight in a small air robot "KU-Hawk" with 50cm wing span, we decided to install a small lightweight semi-autopilot system. The semiauto system was consisted of an IR Gyro, a GPS module and a ground control system. The completed air robot was tested by performing real flight tests such as a level flight with an attitude control and a path flight with a way point tracking method.