Quadcopters tend to have very poor efficency because of their high disk loading. High disk loading– that is, how much weight ...
The sky crane system used on the Perseverance and Curiosity Mars rovers is a challenging control system problem that piqued [Nicholas Rehm]’s curiosity. Constrained to Earth, he decided to investigate ...
"The quadcopter simulation was not an arbitrary choice, the research participant had a passion for flying," said Donald Avansino, co-author and computer scientist at Stanford University. "While also ...