IEEE ICRA'07 Digest Template

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Energy-Efficient Autonomous Four-Rotor Flying
Robot Controlled at 1 Khz
Daniel Gurdan, Jan StumpfTechnical University of
Munich, Visiting at CSAIL, MITMichael Achtelik,
Klaus-Michael Doth Technical University of
Munich, University of Erlangen Gerd
Hirzinger German Aerospace Center (DLR),
Oberpfaffenhofen Daniela Rus Distributed Robotics
Lab, CSAIL, MIT

• Efficient and reliable four-rotor flying platform
  driven by brushless-DC motors
• Capable to carry payloads up to 350g
• Autonomous navigation using a motion tracking
  system