Date of Award
12-2014
Access Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Committee Chair
Patrick N. Currier, PhD
First Committee Member
Charles F. Reinholts, PhD
Second Committee Member
Brian K. Butka, PhD
Abstract
In the unmanned systems industry, there is no common standard for systems components, connections and relations. Such a standard is never likely to exist. Needless to say, a system needs to have the components that are required for the application, however, it is possible to abstract the common functionality out of an individual implementation. This thesis presents a universal unmanned systems architecture that collects all of the common features of an unmanned system and presents them as a set of packages and libraries that can be used in any domain of unmanned system operation. The research and design of the universal architecture results in a well-defined architecture that can be used and implemented on any unmanned system. The AUVSI student competitions are specifically analyzed and it is shown how this universal architecture can be applied to the challenges posed by the competitions in different domains.
Scholarly Commons Citation
Breingan, Charles Randall Jr., "Development of a System Architecture for Unmanned Systems Across Multiple Domains" (2014). Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses. 264.
https://commons.erau.edu/edt/264
