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Design of a Low Cost Force and Power Sensing Platform for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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This paper describes the design of a platform for measuring forces in a model helicopter using a calibration method, and experimental verification of the strategy. It is found that the platform is able to measure the forces in x, y and z direction. Another characteristic of the platform is that, it is constructed using small-size pieces, thus allowing easy and economic manufacturing of the platform.

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  1. Instituto de Automática Industrial (CSIC), Carretera de Campo Real km 0.200, La Poveda, Arganda del Rey, Madrid, 28500

    David M. Alba, Hector Montes, Gabriel Bacallado, Roberto Ponticelli & Manuel Armada

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  1. Department of Automatic Control and, System Engineering, University Sheffield, Mappin Street, S1 3JD, Sheffield, UK

    M. O. Tokhi

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Leeds, LS2 9JT, Leeds, UK

    G. S. Virk

  3. Department of Computing, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, BD7 1DP, Bradford, UK

    M. A. Hossain

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Alba, D.M., Montes, H., Bacallado, G., Ponticelli, R., Armada, M. (2006). Design of a Low Cost Force and Power Sensing Platform for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. In: Tokhi, M.O., Virk, G.S., Hossain, M.A. (eds) Climbing and Walking Robots. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26415-9_44

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