Open AccessA position and orientation independent drone charging system
Author(s) -
Dominique David,
Dominique Faith
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the journal of engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2051-3305
DOI - 10.1049/joe.2017.0325
Subject(s) - drone , orientation (vector space) , position (finance) , computer science , scale (ratio) , aerospace engineering , simulation , engineering , physics , mathematics , geometry , business , genetics , finance , biology , quantum mechanics
This letter presents a design technique for a contact‐based drone charging system, where the drone can land with any orientation and on any position on the charging pad. Detailed design equations are presented enabling the design of a charging system at any scale.