Engineering Case Study University of Pennsylvania GRASP Lab “Vicon’s motion capture system allows us to focus on one part of the problem – the dynamics and control. That is a big advantage in projects of this scale.” Daniel Mellinger, School Of Mechanical Engineering Pioneering motion capture since 1984.By using Vicon motion capture systems to track position in space, the University of Pennsylvania is achieving highly precise flight maneuvers with Quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The GRASP lab at the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Mechanical Engineering is conducting research that aims to achieve computer-driven quadrotor UAV flight that is precise enough to someday be applied practically in scenarios including search and rescue operations in which hum

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