Design of a quadrotor equipped with a video camera

Abstract

An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle or UAV is an aircraft with no human pilot on board. UAVs, sometimes known as drones, are controlled either remotely (for example by a pilot from a ground station or from another aircraft) or autonomously by on-board computers with pre-programmed flight plans or control algorithms. Historically, UAVs have been always remotely piloted, but autonomous control is increasingly being used. Moreover, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are preferred for missions that are dangerous or hard for manned normal aircraft.