HELISCOPE Project: Research Goal and Survey on Related Technologies

In this paper, we introduce the target scenario of our HELISCOPE project with the emphasis on the four modes for flying-camera task. We also explain the control points that are considered as the interfaces where the on-flight embedded software and mechanical implementation of the unmanned helicopter are contacted for the autopilot necessarily used in performing such as various modes of flying-camera tasks. Being related to real-time issues, we are developing a real-time S/W platform based on TMO (time-triggered and message-triggered object) scheme. We, in this paper, explain the clues in becoming to use the TMO mode with the survey of other on-flight real-time S/W platform researches.