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This research had as main objective to propose design criteria for the construction of an unmanned aerial vehicle of the type quadrotor with an unusual size for experimental and capable of carrying moderate loads test. It was theoretically supported by Mahony (2012), Diaz (2012), Bresciani (2008) and Guillen (2010), for the study variable: Drone of Quadrotor type. The methodology used in the research was projective experimental design, which allowed the manipulation of several independent variables to observe its action in the dependent variable (SISO). Research consists of six (6) phases. an appropriate selection of the airframe as well as of its components was conducted to subsequently assemble. Then it was configured and calibrated its sensors, the proper functioning of the engines and setting directions of rotation previously through its variable speed drives were checked. In addition, the study focused on the structural components and modules that make the aircraft capable of meeting the requirements of the project. The end result was a remote controlled vehicle and automatically with the appropriate size to perform tasks both outdoors and indoors environments develop a series of tests verified that the design meets the stated requirements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper shows the development and control of a differential robot (unmanned vehicle) used to evade frontal obstacles utilizing Fuzzy editor in Matlab® software. This robot is capable of making accurate and precise decisions by employing Fuzzy Association Memory (FAM) rules. These decisions are based on the distance between the robot and the obstacle, with respect to the left, right, and frontal part of the robot. This type of robots can be applied in transportation, mainly to predetermined single routes, minimizing the run time due to a better decision-making process in taking the optimal route. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Moving away from the growing techno-scientific fascination embodied by the drone, the main aim is to analyze the role played by this device in the context of the current security surveillance. Following to a great extent the conceptual approaches coming from critical security studies, we will address issues that refer to the redefinition of the surveillance provided by the scopic power of the drone, the military-police logics in which it is immersed in order to detect what has been defined as a threat and, finally, to the specific geographical reconfiguration of the sovereign power the drone activates within the framework of security surveillance. It will be concluded that, opposing the surgical warfare discourse that legitimizes the drone via its techno-scientific accuracy potential, this device reproduces a necro-political logic that must be exhibited and questioned from the violence it causes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The technological developments in aeronautics, particularly related to Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems of commercial, civil and recreational use, has grown exponentially in the past years, raising several doubts regarding its ruling and control, generating the need to regulate them based on the risks these devices pose to the safety and privacy of citizens. Thus, the objective of this paper is to find out which implementations and changes are needed in the Colombian legal system regarding the regulation of rpas for commercial and civil use, in order to protect the safety and basic rights of the people, make the business profitable, and allow continuous technologic advancement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article shows the design and implementation of an inertial measurement unit (IMU) for a mini-helicopter X-CELL Graphite. The application is supported on components COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) allowing to have the data outputs through a bus CAN. The sensors' operation principles, the form in which the signals of the sensors are processed and the delivery of the measurements of accelerations and angular velocities are well illustrated. Also the importance of this type of measurements in order to obtain the attitude of an aerial vehicle is included. The technology used in the design is based on an implementation of open form for any system that requires it, allowing to have quite high connectivity alternatives for aeronautical applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El artículo discute la evolución tecnológica en el campo de la Robótica con foco en el robot Palmiche UGV de Cuba, un vehículo terrestre no tripulado diseñado por ingenieros del Instituto de Cibernética Matemática y Física (ICIMAF) y la CUJAE.