Unmanned Vehicles: Real Time Problems in Drone Receivers

Abstract

We are working on a (re) configurable general-purpose drone development. In this context, we are setting the basis for replacing the proprietary and traditional RC (Radio Control) receivers by other wireless communication devices. Thus, the communication device could be specifically defined for each application. We expect to be able to interact with standard drone flight controls (FC) as well as our own one/s. We show in this paper the general drone receiver proposal, the signals it handles, and a proof-of-concept Wi-Fi implementation. Furthermore, interacting with standard FC lets us to demonstrate that our proposal is not "tailored" to our own proprietary or specific FC.