Automated Battery Swap and Recharge to Enable Persistent UAV Missions

Automated Battery Swap and Recharge to Enable Persistent UAV Missions

This paper introduces a hardware platform for automated battery changing and charging for multiple UAV agents. The automated station holds a bu er of 8 batteries in a novel dual-drum structure that enables a "hot" battery swap, thus allowing the vehicle to remain powered on throughout the...

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Main Authors: Toksoz, Tuna, Redding, Joshua, Michini, Matthew, Vavrina, Matthew, Vian, John, Michini, Bernard J., How, Jonathan P.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Aerospace Controls Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/81474
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-1930

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/81474
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-1930

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