A Quadcopter Test Bed for Academic and Research on Control Systems Design

Abstract

This article presents the development of a quadcopter platform to be used for future academic and research studies in control systems in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico. This platform uses an ardupilot 2.6 technology based on the arduino 2560 mega developed by 3DR Robotics. All the software are open source available over the internet. Key Terms - Ardupilot, Control Systems, Mission Planner, Quadcopter.