One of the major limitations of existing unmanned aerial vehicles is limited flight endurance. In this study, we designed an innovative uninterrupted electromagnetic propulsion device for high-endurance missions of a quadcopter drone for the lucrative exploration of earth and other planets with atmospheres. As an airborne platform, this device could achieve scientific objectives better than state-of-the-art revolving spacecraft and walking robots, without any terrain limitation. We developed a mixed reality simulation based on a quadcopter drone and an X-Plane flight simulator. A computer with the X-Plane flight simulator represented the virtual part, and a real quadcopter operating within an airfield represented the real part. In the first phase of our study, we developed a connection interface between the X-Plane flight simulator and the quadcopter ground control station in MATLAB. The experimental results generated from the Earth’s atmosphere show that the flight data from the real and the virtual quadcopters are precise and very close to the prescribed target. The proof-of-concept of the mixed reality simulation of the quadcopter at the Earth atmosphere was verified and validated through several experimental flights of the F450 spider quadcopter with a Pixhawk flight controller with the restricted endurance at the airfield location of Hangang Drone Park in Seoul, South Korea. We concluded that the new generation drones integrated with lightweight electromagnetic propulsion devices are a viable option for achieving unrestricted flight endurance with improved payload capability for Earth and other planetary explorations with the aid of mixed reality simulation to meet the mission flight path demands. This study provides insight into mixed reality simulation aiming for Mars explorations and high-endurance missions in the Earth’s atmosphere with credibility using quadcopter drones regulated by dual-head electromagnetic propulsion devices.

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用于地球和其他行星探索的具有双头电磁推进装置的高耐力无人机的混合现实仿真

现有无人机的主要限制之一是飞行续航力有限。在这项研究中，我们为四旋翼无人机的高耐力任务设计了一种创新的不间断电磁推进装置，用于对地球和其他有大气层的行星进行有利可图的探索。作为机载平台，该设备可以比最先进的旋转航天器和步行机器人更好地实现科学目标，不受任何地形限制。我们开发了基于四轴无人机和 X-Plane 飞行模拟器的混合现实模拟。带有 X-Plane 飞行模拟器的计算机代表虚拟部分，在机场内运行的真实四轴飞行器代表真实部分。在我们研究的第一阶段，我们在 MATLAB 中开发了 X-Plane 飞行模拟器和四轴飞行器地面控制站之间的连接接口。从地球大气层产生的实验结果表明，来自真实和虚拟四轴飞行器的飞行数据非常精确，并且非常接近于规定的目标。通过 F450 蜘蛛四轴飞行器和 Pixhawk 飞行控制器在首尔汉江无人机公园的机场位置进行的几次实验飞行验证和验证了四轴飞行器在地球大气层的混合现实模拟的概念验证, 韩国。我们得出的结论是，与轻型电磁推进装置集成的新一代无人机是实现不受限制的飞行续航力的可行选择，借助混合现实模拟，可以提高地球和其他行星探索的有效载荷能力，以满足任务飞行路径的需求。这项研究使用由双头电磁推进装置调节的四旋翼无人机，提供了对混合现实模拟的深入了解，该模拟旨在以可信的方式在地球大气中进行火星探索和高耐力任务。