Model a Quadcopter Based on Parrot Minidrones

This workflow shows how to use Simulink^® to model a quadcopter based on the Parrot^® series of minidrones.

• This workflow shows how to manage the model and source files, using Project Management.

• This workflow shows the quadcopter in a 3D environment, using Simulink 3D Animation™.

• For the collaborative development of a flight simulation application, this workflow provides an implementation of Flight Simulation template. For more information, see Projects Template for Flight Simulation Applications.

For hardware integration, this procedure requires the installation of the Simulink Support Package for Parrot Minidrones.

Quadcopter Modeling Workflow

Each aspect of the quadcopter implementation details are described in these steps:

1. Quadcopter Physical Characteristics

2. Quadcopter Control and Sensors

3. Quadcopter Airframe

4. Quadcopter External Environment

5. Quadcopter Visualization

Open Quadcopter Project

Click the open button to load the project files to your working folder.

openProject('asbQuadcopter');

Design

The high-level design is as shown below, with each component designed as separate subsystems, and each subsystem supports multiple approaches, in the form of variants.