CONTROL AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR REMOTE CONTROLLED MACHINES COMPRISING GROUND STATIONS FOR REAL-TIME VEHICLE & PAYLOAD CONTROL AND TRACKING 
A remote controlled system comprises an airborne, land or underwater vehicle, and a ground station. Vehicle - Consisting of a motorised cell with built-in on-board systems including an auto-pilot, a data link for communications and payload sized for the mission to be performed.
- And an auto-pilot which is the brain of the machine: it communicates with the ground station and controls the airborne vehicle and all the on-board equipment; it comprises a real-time calculation processor, an inertial unit and a GPS.
The automatic navigation is entirely based on waypoints identified by their coordinates in 3D space. The payload (visible, infrared camera, etc.) is built into a gyro-stabilised gimbal reducing the carrier's movements and enabling the operator to aim at the target or scene of interest. The ground station - Comprising a PC and control joysticks: the PC is used to prepare for and then track the vehicle's mission,
- And joysticks for manually controlling the vehicle via the auto-pilot and for controlling the payload.
The ground station is connected to a tracking turret providing the data link with the vehicle: it tracks it in real time. |
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