@inproceedings{da5e01550edf4b829d4ad5a78dbf5035,
title = "Experimental determination of low-cost servomotor reliability for small unmanned aircraft applications",
abstract = "One of the key challenges of designing low-cost Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) is to ensure acceptable and certifiable reliability factors for the adopted Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) components since their reliability is often not quantified. In this paper, the experimental results obtained for quantifying the reliability of mini Unmanned Aircraft (UA) servomotors (by recording their time-to-failure on a defined set of test runs) are presented. The Weibull prediction model is adopted for quantitative analysis and the associated key mathematical models. The methodology adopted for performing the reliability analysis including the test bench setup used for the experiments is described. The results indicate a level of reliability expected for low-cost servos. Such servos could be used for low-risk UAS operations (e.g. small UA operating over sparsely populated regions) and where the economics of the business case permitted higher loss rates.",
keywords = "COTS, Low-cost sensors, Mini unmanned aircraft (UA), Reliability, Servomotors",
author = "Jarrow Sarson-Lawrence and Roberto Sabatini and Reece Clothier and Alessandro Gardi",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} (2014) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.; 5th AEROTECH conference ; Conference date: 29-10-2014 Through 30-10-2014",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.629.202",
language = "British English",
series = "Applied Mechanics and Materials",
pages = "202--207",
editor = "Romli, {Fairuz I.} and D.L. Majid and Faizal Mustapha and Romli, {Fairuz I.} and D.L. Majid and Faizal Mustapha and Renuganth Varatharajoo and Romli, {Fairuz I.} and Ahmad, {Kamarul Arifin} and D.L. Majid and Faizal Mustapha and Renuganth Varatharajoo and Romli, {Fairuz I.} and Ahmad, {Kamarul Arifin} and D.L. Majid and Faizal Mustapha",
booktitle = "AEROTECH V",
}