Automated helicopter hover and recovery system for operations at sea

该项目概述的集成系统的小尺寸和简单性将大大提高国土安全海上监视的有效性，同时大大降低操作成本。该提案旨在开发控制和传感技术，使重量小于100公斤的小型旋翼无人驾驶飞行器（uav）能够在小型船只上运行。这将通过解决目前船舶运动和无人驾驶车辆制导系统之间缺乏集成来实现。所提出的研究将在系绳和非系绳小型直升机的船舶运动预测和传感、悬停控制等领域做出重大贡献。

The small size and simplicity of the integrated system outlined in this project will significantly improve the effectiveness of maritime surveillance for homeland security whilst enabling substantially lower operational costs. The proposal aims to develop control and sensing techniques, enabling small rotary wing unmanned air-vehicles (UAVs) weighing less than 100 kgs to operate from small-size vessels. This will be achieved by resolving the current lack of integration between ship motion and the unmanned vehicle guidance systems. The proposed research will make substantial contributions in areas of ship motion prediction and sensing and hover control of tethered and non-tethered small helicopters.