Research on the Operating Mechanicals of the Helicopter Robot Pilot

Abstract The requirements for the quantity and quality of pilots are getting more and more demanding. The helicopter robot pilot was put forward as a new autonomous driving scheme which can achieve fast switch between pilot driving and autonomous driving without modifying helicopters. The overall design of the robot was determined and the actuators of the robot was demonstrated in detail according to the handling characteristics of helicopter manipulation mechanism. Based on the detailed design scheme, the robot pilot was processed and assembled. In order to test the control performance of the robot pilot, the robot was installed in the flight simulator to carry out helicopter flight simulations. The test results illustrated that the robot pilot is able to accomplish basic flight control of helicopter.