2021/10/19 by Zhaoliang Zheng, Zheng, Zhaoliang, Jiahao Li +10
Computer Science · Engineering · #Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems #Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms #FOS: Electrical engineering #Systems and Control (eess.SY) #cs.SY #eess.SY #electronic engineering #information engineering
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2110.09748
Submitting to ICRA 2022
openalex publication_date 2021/10/19 · arxiv created 2021/11/24 · arxiv updated 2021/11/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Designing a controllable airship for non-expert users or preemptively evaluating the performance of desired airships has always been a very challenging problem. This paper explores the blimp design parameter space from the aspect of the user by considering various distributions of thrust, combinations of propulsive mechanisms, and balloon shapes. We provide open-source modular hardware and reconfigurable software design tools that allow inexperienced users to design a custom airship in a short time. Based on these design parameters, this paper develops a more engineering-focused evaluation system that can characterize the performance of different indoor blimps. An analytical comparison and some case studies that consider various points in the design parameter space have been conducted to prove the feasibility and validity of our design and evaluation system.