SplitFlyer: a Modular Quadcoptor that Disassembles into Two Flying Robots
Songnan Bai,Shixin Tan,Pakpong Chirarattananon,Songnan Bai,Shixin Tan,Pakpong Chirarattananon
We introduce SplitFlyer-a novel quadcopter with an ability to disassemble into two self-contained bicopters through human assistance. As a subunit, the bicopter is a severely underactuated aerial vehicle equipped with only two propellers. Still, each bicopter is capable of independent flight. To achieve this, we provide an analysis of the system dynamics by relaxing the control over the yaw rotati...
