I-Corps: Reconfigurable, modular, electric vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform

I-Corps：可重构、模块化、电动垂直起降无人机 (UAV) 平台

• 批准号: 2230589
• 负责人: Thanakorn Khamvilai
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2230589&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Reconfigurable; modular; electric; vertical

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of a modular unmanned air vehicle (UAV) system capable of being reconfigured to adapt to the requirements of diverse payload transportation missions and objectives. Vehicles with these capabilities have the potential to supplant various purpose-built, mission-specific vehicles for a reduced cost thanks to less complex operating procedures, reduced vehicle development and upgrade cycles, and economies of scale. More broadly, the proposed project extends the development of autonomous solutions currently tackled via human workers to the reduction of hazard exposure for humans with increased efficiency. A possible application of modular aerial vehicles is to lift various types of payloads to perform remote sensing or object manipulation at height, thus reducing the risk of falling for workers, which is the primary cause of fatal accidents in construction according to the census of fatal occupational injuries.This I-Corps project is based on the development of a modular, reconfigurable unmanned air vehicle (UAV). The proposed system consists of a collection of self-contained compatible rotorcraft modules that may be assembled in various configurations to fulfill diverse tasks. The research conducted for the development of this system involves three areas: the development of aerodynamic and structural models for modular vehicles, the design of control strategies for an arbitrary number of vehicles and novel configurations, and the implementation of efficient computer programs for the determination of optimal vehicle configurations given a task. Different module shapes have been studied and it was shown that three-dimensional, highly symmetric shapes inspired by the Platonic solids have the potential to yield versatile and structurally efficient vehicles. In addition, several methods for the efficient control of very large configurations have been developed with the goal of optimizing different criteria such as agility or power consumption. Such methods may be used in conjunction with the structural properties of modular vehicles to create computer programs capable of generating configurations with improved dynamic and structural properties given some task constraints.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是开发一个模块化无人机（UAV）系统，能够重新配置以适应各种有效载荷运输任务和目标的要求。具有这些功能的车辆有可能取代各种专用，特定于任务的车辆，以减少成本，这要降低了操作程序，车辆的开发减少和升级周期以及规模经济。更广泛地说，拟议的项目扩展了目前通过人类工人解决的自主解决方案的开发，以减少人类危害的危害，并提高效率。模块化飞机的可能应用是提起各种各样的有效载荷以在高度下执行遥感或对象操纵，从而降低了工人下降的风险，这是根据致命职业伤害的人口普查，这是造成致命事故的主要原因。这是I-Corps项目。该I-Corps项目是基于模块化的，可依依的Infigurable interablablable-Insned Mans Neel Mannect nessned ned Mannectned nred ned Mannect ned nears nred sirnned nred sirnned nred sirnned sirnned Airs nred Airnned Airs ned avav。所提出的系统由一组独立兼容的旋翼飞机模块组成，这些模块可能以各种配置组装，以完成各种任务。为该系统开发进行的研究涉及三个领域：用于模块化车辆的空气动力学和结构模型的开发，任意数量的车辆和新型配置的控制策略的设计，以及确定指定任务的最佳车辆配置的有效计算机程序。已经研究了不同的模块形状，并显示出受柏拉图固体启发的三维高度对称形状具有产生多功能和结构效率的车辆的潜力。 此外，已经开发了多种有效控制非常大型配置的方法，目的是优化不同的标准，例如敏捷性或功耗。可以将这种方法与模块化车辆的结构性结合使用，以创建能够在某些任务约束的情况下创建能够生成具有改进动态和结构属性的配置的计算机程序。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的评估来通过评估来支持的，并具有广泛的影响。