Fleet of the Flight Robotics and Perception Group Including Both Blimps
Photo: FRPG/Universität Stuttgart
Since the buoyancy of a lighter than air vehicle grows with the cube of the dimensions, larger vehicles offer significantly better payload fractions. This allows more powerful onboard computers and longer flight times, while also increasing flight efficiency and economy.
This larger blimp (right side), with a length of 7 m, was designed at the Institute for Flight Mechanics and Controls (iFR) and is a versatile research platform for control and perception from lighter-than-air aerial robots, both as a single efficient vehicle and in cooperation with other vehicles.