Evaluation of successful landing of aerial robot on a charging platform

Abstract

Various methods for recharging of aerial robot onboard accumulator are known. The simplest method is periodical landing of aerial robot on a special platform and charging the robot from the terrestrial source. It is possible to connect onboard and terrestrial parts of the charging system by means of platforms with open contact pads. The advantage of such platforms compared to plug couplers is the lack of necessity for accurate landing of robots and availability to serve a group of robots simultaneously. Analysis of successful landing probability versus onboard landing electrodes configuration was carried out by means of the special simulation program. The influence of uncertainty of contact points coordinates on probability of successful landing was investigated. Four variants of contact points positioning were considered: 3-, 4-, 6- and 8-point schemes with points in regular polygon vertexes. The optimal ranges of polygons' circumradius providing 100% successful landing probability were found out for each scheme.

Keywords

• aerial robot
• landing
• modeling
• landing platform
• statistical test