Maxicopter

UAV Autopilot BrainyBee System
Including Flying Model and Ground Station

BrainyBEE instrument, is added on the basis of pid control neural network control, on the whole world's environment, the United States for the neural network control of the University of Georgia conducted a study, but not a product; but our BrainyBEE instrument is based on the neural network control of micro-autopilot control system, with superior sound control performance, route tracking error of no more than 30cm, height of not more than 1m, integrates a variety of autopilot instrument of available features and be upgraded, especially for bees strategy, to be expansion, makes the multi-system control applied.
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With regard to four rotor, our control outperforms md4-200.

Specifications
- Weight: 20 grams(0.7oz);
- Size: 6.2cm x 4.2cm (2.5inch x 1.6inch)
- Powerful 150MHz/150MIPS Digital Signal Processor
- Full set of IMU sensors including 3-axis MEMS gyros, accelerometer, and magnetometer.
- Plenty of ADC and communications ports to support external modules including GPS and wireless data modem, and external sensors such as sonar and laser ring gyros.
- 8 flight control servo outputs;
- 6 payload servo outputs for custom applications such as parachute, camera, etc.
- Highly optimized full state extended Kalman filter for high bandwidth navigation.
- Sophisticated guidance including 100 waypoints of various types
- Cutting-edge neural network adaptive control produces robust tracking performance for four-rotor X4flyer, helicopter, fixed-wing aircraft, airship and other VTOL UAVs.
- Feature-rich integrated support for pan-tilt two-axis and tilt-only single-axis stabilized camera gimbals, capable of keeping camera line-of-sight to a fixed direction or locking onto a target

BrainyBEE is a comprehensive fully autonomous flight avionics and ground control system developed by Aerojeep. It provides the only scalable solution for a UAV network comprised of fixed wing aircraft, helicopter, four-rotor X4flyer and other VTOL UAVs. It is network interface enabled for remote ground stations connected via the Internet, and is ready to interact with user applications such as other command and control systems, or sophisticated optimal trajectory generation tool.

A complete BrainyBEE system includes a ground station, one or many UAVs each carrying onboard a BrainyBEE autopilot with proper wireless data link, and optionally a number of remote ground stations and live video links.

Aerojeep's BrainyBEE autopilot is the world's smallest, yet the most versatile single DSP flight controller. The powerful DSP executes a highly optimized multi-state extended Kalman Filter to fuse INS sensor inputs with GPS positioning data; Sophisticated guidance includes up to 100 waypoints of various types; Advanced neural network adaptive control technology delivers robust tracking performance throughout the full flight envelope. The navigation, guidance and control loops run at 50Hz to ensure high performance flight control.

Aerojeep's BrainyBEE ground station software provides a user friendly GUI with comprehensive integrated command and control capabilities. Key features include:

(a) A moving map that lets operator move around, zoom in and out of any area of interest, define flight plans, mission targets and threats with intuitive mouse clicks. The operator can edit waypoints in real time, or simply drag and drop a waypoint with the mouse pointer. Manual control is available through either a radio transmitter, or a joystick game controller connected to the ground station, or with the slider widgets just under the moving map.

(b) Vehicle configuration window defines properties for each autopilot under the familiar navigation,
guidance and control paradigm. Data structure, display as well as guidance and control algorithms are meticulously designed and reflect various vehicle types including fixed wing, helicopter, four-rotor X4flyer and VTOL UAVs.

(c) Portability and scalability are among top design considerations from get-go. Ground station software is built upon OpenGL and other portable libraries for easy migration to diverse platforms such as Linux or handheld computers. Command and data structures are designed to scale well for any number of networked UAVs.

(d) Ground station software constitutes a complete software-in-the-loop simulation testbed as well
as a real-time visualization tool. New vehicle configurations can be tried out with software-in-the-loop test by connecting to a third party flight simulator including Flightgear and X-plane. During real time flight control, Flightgear or X-plane can be deployed alongside the ground station as a 3D visualization aid for the pilot, and the 3D scenery can be compared with real time video to enhance situational awareness.

(e) BrainyBEE avionics system is designed to provide support for coordinated flight control of networked UAVs. Vehicle properties and flight constraints, along with target and threat data sets are made available for third-party optimal trajectory generation tool, which produces flight plans that maximize overall target coverage while minimizing exposure to threats. The trajectory generation software can run at the ground station with resulting flight plans transmitted to each vehicle in real time. Alternatively, to achieve the highest level of automation and robust performance, each vehicle can run trajectory generation software onboard, with the knowledge of the nearby targets, threats and neighboring vehicles.

(f) BrainyBEE ground station can be run in four modes: software simulation, flight control, playback and remote ground station. All flight data are recorded into log files, and can be replayed in the playback mode, at normal speed, fast forward or frame by frame to enable comprehensive post-flight analysis. A number of remote ground stations can connect to the main ground station via the Internet. The remote ground station feature allows the monitor and control of the UAV network by several operators, or by commanders away from the battlefield.

(g) BrainyBEELiveVideo software connects to the ground station to display live videos from video downlink, with optional HUD (Heads-Up Display) feature to superimpose telemetry data onto the live video display; A right mouse click would capture and display real-time image for close-up analysis; Efficient real-time MPEG2 compression filter saves live video onto hard drive without slowing down the primary ground station software

(h) BrainyBEE flight control system is designed for users around the world; The BrainyBEE Ground Station has been internationalized with the GNU Gettext framework for native language support, so that end users can operate a UAV network in a human language they are most comfortable with.

Download the complete BrainyBEE flight control system user manual, or experience first-hand the
fully functional BrainyBEE ground station software in software simulation, playback and remote
terminal modes along with the FlightGear or X-Plane flight simulator. Windows XP or Vista is required, and a high performance graphic board is necessary, particularly if the flight simulator is run on the same computer. (Click to download FlightGear and/or X-Plane setup files.)