Implementation of two quadrotors in an octocopter platform

• Main Authors: Obias, Karl Cedric Joel U., Samarista, John Paul N., Say, Marc Francis Q., Tan, John Amos O.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2016
• Subjects: Drone aircraft; Microcontrollers; Engineering mathematics; Fuzzy logic
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/6731
• Institution: De La Salle University

The core of this study is the implementation of two quadrotors in an octocopter platform to determine if two quadrotors can independently function in its own and combined with each other to become an octocopter. One of the quadrotor can be considered as either the xodd or seven depending on the motor number used in the configuration. The two configuration mentioned is used so that the system will still achieve stable flight in case there is a failure among the motors in a configuration. Moreover, both the attitude and altitude of the quadrotors will be taken into consideration to achieve the stability in flight. In order to accomplish this, the group will develop its own ATMEL2560 Microcontroller to obtain significant data from the on-board sensors and control eight independent BLDC motors. Consequently, Fuzzy Logic Control will be implemented to attain attitude stability and PID control will be implemented to attain altitude stability. Another component of the study is the goal of achieving hovering with the use of GPS. Lastly, the data being captured by the sensors are sent in real time using GSM and soon will be compared to the data logged to the on-board EEPROM after the flight.