Vertically Offset overlapped Propulsion System Quadrotor (VOOPS) enables increased endurance and load carrying capacity without increasing the size of quadrotor.
Journal publications
- Ganeshram Nandakumar, Arjun Srinivasan and Asokan Thondiyath,
"Theoretical and experimental investigations on the effect of overlap and offset on the design of a novel quadrotor configuration- VOOPS,"
Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems,
vol. 92, no. 3-4, pp. 615--628, December, 2018,
doi: 10.1007/s10846-017-0707-2.
- Ganeshram Nandakumar, Rohan Saphal, Ashish Joishy and Asokan Thondiyath,
"Performance analysis of vertically offset overlapped propulsion system based quadrotor in an aerial mapping mission,"
International Journal of Micro Air vehicles,
vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 370--385, October 29, 2018,
doi: 10.1177/1756829318809706.
Patents
- "Anti-Air Column Interaction Mounting (AACIM), a method to reduce the effects of air-column interactions and to increase flight stability in multirotor aerial vehicles with Vertically Offset Overlapped Propulsion System,"
Indian Patent Application No. 201741011542, 2017
- "A multirotor with a vertically offset overlapping configuration and uses,"
Indian Patent Application No. 5621/CHE/2014, 2014.
Conference publications
- Ganeshram Nandakumar, Thiyagarajan Ranganathan, Arjun B.J. and Asokan Thondiyath,
"Design and Analysis of a Novel Quadrotor System – VOOPS,"
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA),
Seattle, Washington, May 2015, pp. 1692--1697,
doi: 10.1109/ICRA.2015.7139415.
Faculty in-charge: Prof. Asokan Thondiyath
Students: Mr. Ganeshram Nandakumar
