Concept of Operations

UAV and UGV team provides

dual perspectives on

the target

Autonomous transit from base of operations, to surveillance zone, and back to base

A. Scout team requests UGV/UAV team to investigate suspicious area

B. Route is autonomously planned

C. UAV is launched automatically

2 Autonomous collision avoidance

C

No Fly

Zone

No Fly

Zone

A

B

1Autonomous takeoff

3 Autonomous UGV unloading

4 Autonomous target

surveillance

And loading

And landing6

5

Concept of Operations

1 Takeoff 2 GPS Waypoint Navigation & Surveillance

3 Lower Tray 4 Unload UGV

Autonomous takeoff is integral to Rotomotion’s control package,

but requires proper calibration of sensor gains.

Autonomous hovering and GPS

waypoint navigation is integral to

Rotomotion’s control package,

but requires a collision avoidance

system for true safety of flight.

The cargo must be lowered at

sufficient speed to avoid possible

buildup of oscillations.

Stable hovering is especially

important while unloading the UGV.

Concept of Operations

5 Raise Tray 6 7 9 108 Load UGV Landing11

2 3 5 2

Same

As

Same

As

Same

As

Same

As

Autonomous landing is integral to Rotomotion’s control package,

but requires identification of proper landing zone through

sensor systems for truly reliable

landings.

The cargo must be raised at sufficient

speed to avoid possible buildup of

oscillations, but less weight during raising means less

risk.

Stable hovering is especially

important while loading the UGV. Servoing of UGV

into the tray requires accurate

sensors and failsafe tray design.

(6) GPS Waypoint

Navigation & Surveillance

(7) Lower Tray

(9) Raise Tray (10) GPS Waypoint

Navigation & Surveillance