Mixed Reality Simulation of a Quadcopter with a DHEM Device for Planet Landers for Soft Landing – A Review

Abstract

     The development of an uninterrupted propulsion system for an autonomous craft for earth and planetary voyaging is truly wanting worldwide. This is particularly true for the design of multirotor craft, deep space propulsion probes and planet landers for soft landing. Of late the dual-head electromagnetic (DHEM) propulsion system controlled quadcopter coupled with the mixed reality simulation (MRS) technique received considerable attention in the aerospace industry due to its large application in space exploration as well as for the near-earth atmospheric surveillance especially during the natural calamity. The MRS is the combination of the virtual part together with the real part. In this paper the DHEM propulsion system and the MRS are reviewed for achieving an objective of landing an autonomous rotorcraft with precision close to a prescribed target, in any non-vacuum planet surface or environment, through an integrative approach. We highlighted that a DHEM propulsion system controlled multirotor craft is ideally suited for any non-vacuum planet exploration due to its unique features for soft landing and the ease of precision control.