Tilt-rotor-based multicopter smart drone

Tilt-rotor multicopter smart drone with tilting arm posture control

This technology is a tilt-rotor multicopter mechanism that connects some of the propellers arranged radially on the airframe to a robotic arm-style tilting motor unit, allowing the rotation angle of the propellers to be variably controlled between vertical (for takeoff and landing) and horizontal (for high-speed flight) depending on the flight state.

While conventional rotary-wing drones are capable of vertical takeoff and landing, they must tilt significantly during high-speed flight, creating a trade-off between maintaining stability and achieving high speeds when transporting cargo.

By equipping some of the six propellers with Dynamixel (robotic joint motors) and tilting arms to control the angle of the fixed motor units, this technology maintains vertical takeoff and landing capabilities while maximizing horizontal thrust to achieve speeds comparable to fixed-wing aircraft.

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Key Features:

• A flight control unit positioned at the center to manage flight, and a connecting frame that links the components in a radially symmetrical structure.
• Multiple pairs of propellers located at the ends, and fixed motors that rotate each propeller.
• A tilting arm that tilts the pair of fixed motor units forming the horizontal axis in a robotic arm configuration, and a tilting motor that controls the angle of inclination.
• A flight control unit that adjusts the fixed motor units to a vertical position for normal mode and a horizontal position for high-speed mode.

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