STUDY AND SIMULATION OF A QUADROTOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE

Izzul Zikry Bin Ramly, Mohd Izzul Hafiz Bin Mohd Mohtar, Mr. Ahmad Takiyuddin Bin Abdullah, Mr. Amir Sharizam Bin Ismail Industrial Automation Section, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute Section 14, Jalan Teras Jernang 43650 Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor E-mail izzulzikry@gmail.com, mohdizzulhafiz@yahoo.com, takiyuddin@mfi.edu.my, amirsharizam@mfi.edu.my Abstract The project describes study and simulation of a quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) which involves design and testing on stability, with controllable of quadrotor. A quadrotor which is also known as a quadcopter, or a multi-copter flying vehicle, whose that able to lift itself by four equally spaced rotors. There are a lot of available sources on the implementations of quadrotor systems; however, the vast majority of them are remote-controlled (RC) hobbyist projects. The size of these systems also varies greatly from palm-sized to large one until it is built in the intention to be able to lift humans. The study is about initial realization of control an experimental indoor environment and as well as outdoor environment on UAV behavior by monitoring the performance of the main axis which are roll, pitch and yaw. The calibration setup between RC unit, software and the quadcopter will produce a better stability during the quadcopter performance in altitude. The aims are to study and analyze via simulation or experimentation on the control and movement principle known as hover condition when it operates on the air. The proper selection of the material for the frame will be consider and the design of the frame for better weight and dimension of the frame are most important factor to be considered. The UAV hardware generally will be equipped with an embedded on-board processer of Ardupilot Mega 2560, sensor elements and the components that suitable for indoor and outdoor positioning system. Moreover, the orientation angles of the quadrotor and the weight of the experiments UAV will also need to be considered via mathematical algorithm. Finally the comparison for the operational and principles of expected result and actual achievement will be presented. Keywords : Cabliration of stability, Detail design, Material selection, Software setup