Development of target localization and tracking for vtol (vertical take off and landing) UAVs

Abstract

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has attracted tremendous interest in military applications because it is able to perform the task that is dangerous for human being. It is defined as an aircraft that can carry sensors, camera, communications equipment or other equipments to enable it to fly automatically and without human pilot on board.

In this project, a successful UDP communication program for UAV, Server and GUI Client data transformation is developed.

A general user interface is developed using Labview which enables the user to monitor the UAV or UGV moving position as well as control their movement by simply clicking on the desired position on the picture that shows on the general user interface.

A windows operation system platform control program that allows the user to control an AR.Drone‟s movement is developed using C# language, it accomplishes the video fetching from the AR.Drone and auto take off auto landing and so on.