Aplicação de uma aeronave remotamente pilotada como plataforma robótica para práticas em laboratório da graduação em Engenharia Mecânica do Instituto Federal do Piauí

Abstract

Although originally built for military purposes, drones quickly advanced and became popular as consumer electronics, especially in the form of quadcopters. Thus, the market increasingly demands professionals who develop projects based on aerial robotics technologies. Given this scenario, the present presented the development of a method of using an aircraft controlled by the Robot Operating System (ROS) as a platform for educational practices of mobile robotics in the laboratory of the Mechanical Engineering course, as predicted by the Pedagogical Project of the course offered by the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Piauí (IFPI). For this, it was necessary to describe the kinematics involving the use of a quadrotor and to structure ROS as a tool for developing algorithms for communication with the device’s hardware. Thus, despite the design restrictions, it was possible to conclude the feasibility of using this platform as a tool for an active methodology to enable the practice of knowledge.