The JAviator: A high-payload quadrotor UAV with high-level programming capabilities

AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Craciunas, Silviu S ^a   Kirsch, Christoph M ^a   Röck, Harald ^a   Trummer, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUSHLESS MOTORS; FLIGHT TIME; HARD REAL-TIME; HARDWARE PLATFORM; HIGH-LEVEL PROGRAMMING; JAVA THREAD; LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS; MEMORY MANAGEMENT; MODEL HELICOPTERS; QUADROTORS; REAL TIME OPERATING SYSTEM; REAL-TIME EXTENSION; REAL-TIME PROCESS; REAL-TIME SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE PROJECT; SOFTWARE TEST; SYSTEM LEVELS; TEMPORAL BEHAVIOR; TEST PLATFORMS;

BRUSHLESS DC MOTORS; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE PORTABILITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; NAVIGATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL;

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

EID: 78651060307     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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